Terminal + shift_jis + less == crashing
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gnome Virtual Terminal Emulator |
Fix Released
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Critical
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vte (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-terminal
Be sure to save any open work before attempting this.
1) Open two Terminal windows.
2) Set the character encoding of one of them to SHIFT_JIS.
3) On that Terminal, type
perl -e 'print "\xec\x98\x8c";' > /tmp/bug; less /tmp/bug
All Terminal windows, and any program started by a Terminal window, will now crash.
The bug only seems to appear when running less from a file; if output of the program is piped directly to less, the bug won't manifest.
Ubuntu 8.04.1
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 7 13:36:29 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: gnome-terminal 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-22-386 i686
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → New |
Changed in vte (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in vte: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in vte: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in vte: | |
importance: | Unknown → Critical |
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