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Date:      Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:08:37 -0800
From:      Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org>
To:        smkelly@zombie.org
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports/22444: screen segfault
Message-ID:  <20001031140837.B8380@klapaucius.zer0.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001031182149.AF25798A4@edgemaster.zombie.org>; from smkelly@zombie.org on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 12:21:49PM -0600
References:  <20001031182149.AF25798A4@edgemaster.zombie.org>

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On 2000-10-31 12:21 -0600, smkelly@zombie.org wrote:
> 
> >Number:         22444
> >Category:       ports
> >Synopsis:       The 'screen' port has reproducable segfaults
> 
> screen-3.9.8_3
> 
> FreeBSD edgemaster.zombie.org 4.1.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE #0: Tue Oct 24 0
> 0:37:00 CDT 2000     smkelly@edgemaster.zombie.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EDGEMAST
> ER  i386
> 
> >Description:
> 
> Under reproducable (though not well understood) and some unknonw conditions
> screen will crash with signal 11.
> 
> >How-To-Repeat:
> 
> If I start the mutt MUA from within screen, screen will always segfault when
> I open my mail folders.  I assume it has something to do with the appearance
> of my screen at the time, but I am not sure.  I have also seen screen crash
> due to the EPIC IRC client.  The actual condition it crashes under is unknown
> to me.

I have reason to believe that this is a problem with screen and the
new ncurses that was imported to -STABLE.  However, since none of my
computers have a -STABLE from after the ncurses import, I cannot test
my assertion.  

Greg
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