Bug#482317: libxt6: scroll list overflow in gv

[Juha Takala <juha.takala@dna.fi>]

Brice Goglin writes on 22.5.2008 07:42:29:
 > Juha Takala wrote:
 > > Brice Goglin writes on 21.5.2008 23:48:03:
 > >  > Juha Takala wrote:
 > >  > > Package: libxt6
 > >  > > Version: 1:1.0.2-2
 > >  > > Severity: important
 > >  > >
 > >  > >
 > >  > > I found the problem while viewing large documents vith gv, and I am not
 > >  > > very knowledgeable in X terminology, so I apologise, that I will
 > >  > > describe the problem in terms of gv:
 > >  > >   
 > >  > 
 > >  > Any chance you try with libxt6 from testing instead of etch/stable?
 > >
 > > Sure.  But I am not sure how to do that.  After reading apt-get man page, I
 > > tried
 > >
 > 
 > You need to add a "testing" line (copy the one from Etch/stable and
 > change it into testing) to your /etc/apt/sources.list first, and then
 > run apt-get update.


Well,...  after doing that, I first got errors about dynamic MMap running
out of room or some such.  I disabled apt looking at the stable stuff, and
was able to run 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get install libxt6/testing'
(upgrading half of my system :).  It did not go quite smoothly, but after
all, I saw message:

  Preparing to replace libxt-dev 1:1.0.2-2 (using .../libxt-dev_1%3a1.0.5-3_i386.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement libxt-dev ...
  Preparing to replace libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 (using .../libxt6_1%3a1.0.5-3_i386.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement libxt6 ...
  Setting up libxt6 (1.0.5-3) ...

  Setting up libxt-dev (1.0.5-3) ...

Re-running apt-get-install libxt6/testing says, it is already the newest
version.

After this, I rebooted, and tested gv with file having 1640 lines, and the
problem is still there.

 -juha

 > 
 > Brice