Here is an update to libass 0.17.5.


libass (0.17.5)
 * Fix limited OOB read and write in wrap_lines_measure (GHSA-pjjp-65r7-ppgm; CVE pending)
 * Fix OOB bit clears for negative Matroska ReadOrder fields (GHSA-5gf7-wjfm-vmvm; CVE pending)
 * Fix \fay with glyph clusters
 * Fix small alpha changes not always splitting runs when combined with fade
 * Fix compilation with MSVC-mode clang
 * Fades are now applied to BorderStyle=4 boxes too
 * Fonts using legacy arabic Windows charmaps are now supported
 * ass_render_frame no longer returns fully transparent images
 * Avoid MSVC’s subpar code generation for isnan to bring performance closer to other compilers
 * Avoid SSE instructions if compiler baseline already includes AVX

libass (0.17.4)
 * add new API to prune old events from memory
   * ass_prune_events for manual pruning
   * ass_configure_prune to set up automatic pruning
 * add ASS_OVERRIDE_BIT_BLUR flag
 * fontconfig: fix minor memory leaks in pathological font setups
 * coretext: fix build on older compilers or Mac OS X 10.5
 * checkasm: fix build for older compilers
 * aarch64: fix assembly build on strict compilers due to oversized align
 * meson: improve ASM configuration on x86 Android
 * meson: align MSVC warnings and optimisations closer to gcc-like compilers
 * meson can now build all dev utility executables


Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/multimedia/libass/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.34 Makefile
--- Makefile	29 Oct 2024 12:29:35 -0000	1.34
+++ Makefile	3 Jul 2026 21:12:42 -0000
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 COMMENT=	portable ASS/SSA subtitle renderer
 
-VER=		0.17.3
+VER=		0.17.5
 DISTNAME=	libass-${VER}
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia devel
 SITES=		https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/${VER}/
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.tar.xz
 
-SHARED_LIBS=	ass	3.2
+SHARED_LIBS=	ass	3.3
 
 HOMEPAGE=	https://github.com/libass/libass
 
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ MAINTAINER=	Brad Smith <brad@comstyle.co
 # ISC
 PERMIT_PACKAGE=	Yes
 
-WANTLIB=	${COMPILER_LIBCXX} expat fontconfig freetype fribidi glib-2.0 \
-		graphite2 harfbuzz iconv intl m pcre2-8 unibreak z
+WANTLIB=	fontconfig freetype fribidi harfbuzz iconv m unibreak
+
+MODULES=	devel/meson
 
 COMPILER=	base-clang ports-gcc
 COMPILER_LANGS=	c
@@ -30,9 +31,10 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	converters/libiconv \
 		devel/harfbuzz \
 		textproc/libunibreak
 
-CONFIGURE_STYLE= gnu
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=-Ddefault_library=both \
+		-Ddirectwrite=disabled \
+		-Dcoretext=disabled
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
-		LDFLAGS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib" \
-		ASFLAGS="-DPIC"
+		LDFLAGS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib"
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
Index: distinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/multimedia/libass/distinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.22
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.22 distinfo
--- distinfo	29 Oct 2024 12:29:35 -0000	1.22
+++ distinfo	3 Jul 2026 21:12:42 -0000
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (libass-0.17.3.tar.xz) = 6uQl2lDwAVwh97OpxyYqkQ8CGK9GniLikxRi/tPFCVk=
-SIZE (libass-0.17.3.tar.xz) = 442744
+SHA256 (libass-0.17.5.tar.xz) = LcolwODIN93wC1IBGz+CysHk3dOtAYIngGsMIoiGSsw=
+SIZE (libass-0.17.5.tar.xz) = 460148
Index: pkg/PLIST
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/multimedia/libass/pkg/PLIST,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.5 PLIST
--- pkg/PLIST	11 Mar 2022 19:39:20 -0000	1.5
+++ pkg/PLIST	3 Jul 2026 21:12:42 -0000
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ include/ass/
 include/ass/ass.h
 include/ass/ass_types.h
 @static-lib lib/libass.a
-lib/libass.la
 @lib lib/libass.so.${LIBass_VERSION}
 lib/pkgconfig/libass.pc