Bug#604671: xkb-data: apple:badmap option doesn't work anymore, breaking @#/<> on powerbook/ibook usb keyboard

[Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@corsac.net>]

Package: xkb-data
Version: 1.8-1
Severity: normal

Hey,

as noted on irc, the apple:badmap option was dropped from xkeyboard-config,
supposingly because a fix had been commited into the kernel (which would be
the correct place). Except that in 2.6.32 squeeze kernel, the fix is not
present which means on my (french) powerbook 5,6 with usb keyboard, typing
the key marked <> produces @# and the key marked @# produces <>.

Some pointers:

freedesktop.org bug: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9095
fedora bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476057
upstream commit:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xkeyboard-config/commit/?id=222afd3220e9c920bef41bc2e95886c5d4414d5b

Reverting the fix until the kernel is fixed might be a good idea for
Squeeze.

Cheers,
-- 
Yves-Alexis


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-powerpc
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

-- no debconf information