Bug#268890: infinite recursion when x-terminal-emulator -> uxterm
Package: xterm
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6
Severity: important
Line 5 of /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm is:
program=xterm
If the x-terminal-emulator alternative is pointed at uxterm, then
launching just "xterm" runs uxterm again (since /usr/bin/xterm ->
/etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator), recursing infinitely. Better
would be:
program=/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libexpat1 1.95.6-8 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X pixmap library
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m
ii xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client data
-- no debconf information
Reply to: