This prevents a segfault when an Include file does not exist. Index: acpica-unix2-20161222/source/compiler/aslfiles.c =================================================================== --- acpica-unix2-20161222.orig/source/compiler/aslfiles.c +++ acpica-unix2-20161222/source/compiler/aslfiles.c @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ FlOpenIncludeWithPrefix ( if (!IncludeFile) { fprintf (stderr, "Could not open include file %s\n", Pathname); - ACPI_FREE (Pathname); + /* ACPI_FREE (Pathname); <-- forces free() segfault */ return (NULL); }