diff -u vte-0.17.1/debian/changelog vte-0.17.1/debian/changelog
--- vte-0.17.1/debian/changelog
+++ vte-0.17.1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+vte (1:0.17.1-0ubuntu1andersk1) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * Fix crash when selecting text (Closes LP: #256769).
+
+ -- Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:09:19 -0400
+
 vte (1:0.17.1-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- vte-0.17.1.orig/debian/patches/99_fix_select_crash.patch
+++ vte-0.17.1/debian/patches/99_fix_select_crash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+Index: ChangeLog
+===================================================================
+--- ChangeLog	(revision 2082)
++++ ChangeLog	(working copy)
+@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
++2008-08-13  Behdad Esfahbod  <behdad@gnome.org>
++
++	Bug 546940 – Crash when selecting text
++
++	* src/vte.c (vte_terminal_extend_selection): Fix crash with 64-bit
++	systems.  Note to self:
++
++		unsigned int len = 0;
++		long i = len - 1;
++		assert (i < 0);
++
++	fails on 64-bit systems.
++
+ 2008-08-05  Behdad Esfahbod  <behdad@gnome.org>
+ 
+ 	Released vte-0.17.1.
+Index: src/vte.c
+===================================================================
+--- src/vte.c	(revision 2082)
++++ src/vte.c	(working copy)
+@@ -6025,7 +6025,8 @@ vte_terminal_extend_selection(VteTermina
+ {
+ 	VteScreen *screen;
+ 	VteRowData *rowdata;
+-	long delta, height, width, i, j, last_nonempty;
++	long delta, height, width, j;
++	guint i;
+ 	struct vte_charcell *cell;
+ 	struct selection_event_coords *origin, *last, *start, *end;
+ 	struct selection_cell_coords old_start, old_end, *sc, *ec, tc;
+@@ -6141,9 +6142,9 @@ vte_terminal_extend_selection(VteTermina
+ 		rowdata = _vte_terminal_find_row_data(terminal, sc->y);
+ 		if (rowdata != NULL) {
+ 			/* Find the last non-empty character on the first line. */
+-			for (i = rowdata->cells->len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
++			for (i = rowdata->cells->len; i > 0; i--) {
+ 				cell = &g_array_index(rowdata->cells,
+-						struct vte_charcell, i);
++						struct vte_charcell, i - 1);
+ 				if (cell->attr.fragment || cell->c != 0)
+ 					break;
+ 			}
+@@ -6151,13 +6152,13 @@ vte_terminal_extend_selection(VteTermina
+ 			 * startpoint up to the beginning of the next line
+ 			 * unless that would move the startpoint after the end
+ 			 * point, or we're in select-by-line mode. */
+-			if ((sc->x > i) &&
++			if ((sc->x >= i) &&
+ 					(terminal->pvt->selection_type != selection_type_line)) {
+ 				if (sc->y < ec->y) {
+ 					sc->x = 0;
+ 					sc->y++;
+ 				} else {
+-					sc->x = i + 1;
++					sc->x = i;
+ 				}
+ 			}
+ 		} else {
+@@ -6172,15 +6173,15 @@ vte_terminal_extend_selection(VteTermina
+ 		rowdata = _vte_terminal_find_row_data(terminal, ec->y);
+ 		if (rowdata != NULL) {
+ 			/* Find the last non-empty character on the last line. */
+-			for (i = rowdata->cells->len - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
++			for (i = rowdata->cells->len; i > 0; i--) {
+ 				cell = &g_array_index(rowdata->cells,
+-						struct vte_charcell, i);
++						struct vte_charcell, i - 1);
+ 				if (cell->attr.fragment || cell->c != 0)
+ 					break;
+ 			}
+ 			/* If the end point is to its right, then extend the
+ 			 * endpoint as far right as we can expect. */
+-			if (ec->x > i) {
++			if (ec->x >= i) {
+ 				ec->x = MAX(ec->x,
+ 						MAX(terminal->column_count - 1,
+ 							rowdata->cells->len));
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