From 23ceaabf837883c356aadafd017c0fabd5dbe565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holger Vogt <holger.vogt@uni-due.de>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 22:41:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix a memory leak Reported in bug report 504 by Ferdy

---
 src/frontend/dotcards.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/frontend/dotcards.c b/src/frontend/dotcards.c
index 48cf5a26a..f855228e6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/dotcards.c
+++ b/src/frontend/dotcards.c
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ ft_cktcoms(bool terse)
 
     /* Now all the '.' lines */
     while (coms) {
-        command = cp_lexer(coms->wl_word);
+        wordlist* freecom;
+        freecom = command = cp_lexer(coms->wl_word);
         if (!command || command->wl_word == (char *) NULL) {
             /* Line not converted to a wordlist */
             goto bad;
@@ -369,6 +370,7 @@ ft_cktcoms(bool terse)
             goto bad;
         }
         coms = coms->wl_next; /* go to next line */
+        wl_free(freecom);
     } /* end of loop over '.' lines */
 
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