From e84700a607208b7eeeee1efd2b720a978c45398a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "R. Timothy Edwards" <tim@opencircuitdesign.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:52:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added a NULL check at one point in the SPICE read routine
 that prevents a segfault under some condition (not fully investigated)
 involving .include files.  Appears to resolve the problem without any
 unintended consequences.

---
 VERSION      | 2 +-
 base/spice.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6b03f2a..940751d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.5.298
+1.5.299
diff --git a/base/spice.c b/base/spice.c
index ff09d24..1b7a91c 100644
--- a/base/spice.c
+++ b/base/spice.c
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ void ReadSpiceFile(char *fname, int filenum, struct cellstack **CellStackPtr,
 
     SkipTok(NULL); /* get the next token */
     if ((EndParseFile()) && (nexttok == NULL)) break;
+    if (nexttok == NULL) break;
 
     if (nexttok[0] == '*') SkipNewLine(NULL);