Subject: Re: xsrc/37054: WindowMaker triggers a crash in Xlib on sparc64
To: None <xsrc-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/02/2007 13:00:07
The following reply was made to PR xsrc/37054; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: xsrc/37054: WindowMaker triggers a crash in Xlib on sparc64
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:56:24 +0200
This is a typical application bug (caused by a very stupid xlib definition,
but we'll have to live with that).
You can not use Atom32 items with XChangeProperty() and format=32, you need
to use long vars for that and then assign to Atom32.
See pkgsrc/x11/rxvt/patch-al for an example.
Martin