Ubuntu
nano package

crash in nano-4.8 when typing ^6 ^J [patch]

Bug #1866820 reported by Benno Schulenberg
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nano (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

Nanos since version 4.0 contain a silly oversight: when the user tries to justify an empty region (with ^6 ^J, or similar), nano crashes.

Attached upstream patch fixes the problem. Please apply to Focal before it is released.

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Benno Schulenberg (bennoschulenberg) wrote :
tags: added: patch-accepted-upstream
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nano (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
Changed in nano (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks Benno for providing the patches, I've uploaded it to focal now (I will let other people deal wit requesting a ffe for a newer nano if wanted)

Changed in nano (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package nano - 4.8-1ubuntu1

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nano (4.8-1ubuntu1) focal; urgency=medium

  * Thanks Benno Schulenberg for providing the info and patches
  * debian/patches/git_justify_segfault.patch:
    - backprot an upstream fix to avoid a segfault when justifying empty
      lines (lp: #1866820)
  * debian/patches/git_newline_paste.patch:
    - backport an upstream fix for pasting new lines via kitty (lp: #1870850)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:12:30 +0200

Changed in nano (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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