Sorry, the package version should be 0.19.8.1-4. Attached please find a debdiff with the fix.
-- Gunnar Hjalmarsson https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj
diff -Nru gettext-0.19.8.1.orig/debian/changelog gettext-0.19.8.1/debian/changelog --- gettext-0.19.8.1.orig/debian/changelog 2017-08-22 03:20:24.000000000 +0200 +++ gettext-0.19.8.1/debian/changelog 2018-02-24 19:24:42.452655811 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +gettext (0.19.8.1-5) unstable; urgency=medium + + * debian/patches/04-fix-crash-xgettext-with-its.patch: + - Stop xgettext() from crashing when run with --its=FILE option + Closes: #891347, LP: #1751261 + + -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson <gunna...@ubuntu.com> Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:24:00 +0100 + gettext (0.19.8.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium * Avoid extraneous NUL bytes in .mo files. Closes: #872869. diff -Nru gettext-0.19.8.1.orig/debian/patches/04-fix-crash-xgettext-with-its.patch gettext-0.19.8.1/debian/patches/04-fix-crash-xgettext-with-its.patch --- gettext-0.19.8.1.orig/debian/patches/04-fix-crash-xgettext-with-its.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ gettext-0.19.8.1/debian/patches/04-fix-crash-xgettext-with-its.patch 2018-02-23 21:40:12.801136733 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +From: Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> +Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 20:04:31 +0000 (+0100) +Subject: Fix crash of xgettext with --its option. +X-Git-Url: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a0cab23332a254e3500cac2a3a984472d02180e5 + +Fix crash of xgettext with --its option. + +* gettext-tools/src/xgettext.c (main): Free contents of its_dirs only when it +was initialized. Fixes bug introduced on 2016-05-16. +--- + +diff --git a/gettext-tools/src/xgettext.c b/gettext-tools/src/xgettext.c +index f848d76..a80ee51 100644 +--- a/gettext-tools/src/xgettext.c ++++ b/gettext-tools/src/xgettext.c +@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) + bool sort_by_msgid = false; + bool sort_by_filepos = false; + char **dirs; +- char **its_dirs; ++ char **its_dirs = NULL; + char *explicit_its_filename = NULL; + const char *file_name; + const char *files_from = NULL; +@@ -1016,9 +1016,12 @@ warning: file '%s' extension '%s' is unknown; will try C"), filename, extension) + if (its_locating_rules) + locating_rule_list_free (its_locating_rules); + +- for (i = 0; its_dirs[i] != NULL; i++) +- free (its_dirs[i]); +- free (its_dirs); ++ if (its_dirs != NULL) ++ { ++ for (i = 0; its_dirs[i] != NULL; i++) ++ free (its_dirs[i]); ++ free (its_dirs); ++ } + + exit (EXIT_SUCCESS); + } diff -Nru gettext-0.19.8.1.orig/debian/patches/series gettext-0.19.8.1/debian/patches/series --- gettext-0.19.8.1.orig/debian/patches/series 2017-08-22 02:00:00.000000000 +0200 +++ gettext-0.19.8.1/debian/patches/series 2018-02-23 21:41:51.725794456 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ 01-do-not-use-java-in-urlget.patch 02-msgfmt-remove-pot-creation-date.patch 03-avoid-extraneous-nul-bytes.patch +04-fix-crash-xgettext-with-its.patch
