diff -ru freetype-2.3.7.orig//src/base/ftobjs.c freetype-2.3.7/src/base/ftobjs.c
--- freetype-2.3.7.orig//src/base/ftobjs.c	2008-06-10 06:57:53.000000000 +0200
+++ freetype-2.3.7/src/base/ftobjs.c	2008-08-18 16:16:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@
     FT_Error     error;
     FT_Driver    driver;
     FT_Memory    memory;
-    FT_Stream    stream;
+    FT_Stream    stream = NULL;
     FT_Face      face = 0;
     FT_ListNode  node = 0;
     FT_Bool      external_stream;