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• Security Advisory
  Playing of specially crafted MP3 may harm your PC
  Scope: arbitary code execution
  
  You should play MP3s only from trusted sources
  Playing an MP3 created by a hacker may allow a hacker to take control of a system. This applies only to MP3s which are placed on the list of MP3s to play (in mp3.txt).
  RobX uses Allegro MP3, which is built with some code from MPG-123. MPG-123 has announced a potential security breach which affects their code.
  Gentoo Linux says: By inducing a user to play a malicious file, an attacker may be able to exploit a buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mpg123.

• uninstallation applies to any version
  Some files may not be removed when you uninstall RobX
  Scope: files remaining on your PC after uninstallation
  
  You should check all files are removed after uninstallation
  If you uninstall RobX from your PC, especially if you have appiled an update (patch), not all files will be removed. It is safe to manually remove any files in the RobX directory, unless you added some files yourself or installed other software to the same location.
• all fixed 0.00 050314
  Incorrect memory deallocation
  Scope: this leads to a memory leak
  
  You should Update Now
  RobX allocated some memory (RAM) due to loading .dat files, and then failed to give it back. On some versions, you may loose up to 100 KB of memory each time you run RobX.
  Download RobX 0.00 050314 or later to fix this problem.

• debian applies to all debian versions
  RobX can't find the data files when run
  Scope: program will display an error and either quit or run incorrectly.
  
  You should use the work-around described below:
  Cause: RobX can't find it's files because it only looks in the current working directory.
  Open a terminal (console) window and use cd to change to the directory containing RobX and it's data files. Then run the robx program file (by using exec robx.dex or exec robx depending on the name of the program file).
• keyboard applies to Allegro 4.2 Beta
  Allegro 4.2 Beta has some keyboard issues
  Scope: keyboard input may not work as advertised
  
  You should alert us of bugs and download the latest allegro 4.2
  Certain keys may get confused, like Print Screen and Pause/Break. If one key doesn't work, try similar keys and report the error.
  Get the latest Allegro 4.2 dll
  This is an Allegro issue, and will probably be fixed by the real release of Allegro 4.2.

• version applies to 0.00 050314
  Version 0.00 050314 may sometimes claim to be 050313
  Scope: you may be told the wrong version
  
  You should Ignore this alert
  You may be told to update to 050314 if you press backspace to look for an update, when that is the version you currently have.
• level:unload_level:161 fixed 0.00 050312
  Incorrect memory deallocation
  Scope: this leads to a small memory leak
  
  You should Download the Update
  RobX allocated some memory (RAM) and then failed to give it back. You may loose about 100 bytes (0.1KB) of memory each time you run RobX. A check is now included to stop this type of error happening again.
  The line
  xfree(lev->map[y]);
  should read
  xfree(lev->map);
  
• obj:new_obj:105 fixed 0.00 050311
  Incorrect size provided for memory reallocation
  Scope: code with this error is not called in normal code execution
  
  You should Ignore this alert
  The line
  obj->item = xrealloc(obj->item, obj->item_len + new_obj_alloc_chunk * sizeof(*(obj->item)) );
  should read
  obj->item = xrealloc(obj->item, (obj->item_len + new_obj_alloc_chunk) * sizeof(*(obj->item)) );