Bug#291137: /usr/X11R6/bin/luit: luit sometimes doesn't restore terminal settings or hangs

[<pcg@goof.com ( Marc) (A.) (Lehmann )>]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 02:58:44PM +0500, "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@ums.usu.ru> wrote:
> > and exits. It looks like there is a race condition inside luit. It is
> > likely an upstream issue because similar behaviour can be demonstrated ona
> > fedora 3 system.
> 
> Sounds suspiciously similar to this bug:
> 
> http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1093
> 
> Does the patch from there help?

Indeed, sounds very suspiciously like that bug (and thomas dickey stil
assumes that the race in ncurses is a bug elsehwere, argh).

I'll try to apply the patch and build luit, but cannot say when I am able
to do so :(

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