Bug#447836: segfault in xterm (reading resources database?)

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Drew Parsons wrote:
> Package: libx11-6
> Version: 2:1.1.3-1
> Severity: important
>
> Hi, xterm is currently segfaulting on me.  As far as I can tell the
> segfault occurs inside libx11, so I'm posting this bug against that
> rather than xterm (ccing Thomas Dickey so he's aware of the problem).
> The bug would be grave against xterm, but only important against
> libx11 since other programs work OK.
>
> Actually think the bug may be shared. The backtrace suggests something
> is wrong in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm, but in that case libX11 (in
> Xrm) should deal with it rather than crashing.  I can't see anything
> obviously wrong in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm, I think it's the
> Debian default. I'll attach it for reference.
>   


Hi Drew,

Any news about this bug? Could you take care of forwarding it upstream?

Thanks,
Brice