Re: lib/43941: joe 3.7nb1 crashes on netbsd-current/amd64 (5.99.39) when calling tgetent

[Greg Kerr <greg.kerr%akua.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/43941; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Greg Kerr <greg.kerr%akua.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: lib/43941: joe 3.7nb1 crashes on netbsd-current/amd64 (5.99.39)
 when calling tgetent
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:08:26 -0400

 Thanks for your reply. I reverted that machine back to 5.1 as I had to 
 use it productively. I still have a -current here though; I'll see if 
 this is still an issue after updating.
 
   - Greg
 
 On 2011-03-29 13:10, Jukka Ruohonen wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR lib/43941; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: Jukka Ruohonen<jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: lib/43941: joe 3.7nb1 crashes on netbsd-current/amd64 (5.99.39) 
 > when calling tgetent
 > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:06:45 +0300
 >
 >   On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 03:45:00PM +0000, greg%kerr1.com@localhost wrote:
 >   >  (gdb) r
 >   >  Starting program: /usr/pkg/bin/joe
 >   >  (no debugging symbols found)
 >   >  Processing '/usr/pkg/etc/joe/joerc'...Processing 
 > '/usr/pkg/etc/joe/ftyperc'...done
 >   >
 >   >  Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
 >   >  0x00007f7ffc803250 in tgetent () from /usr/lib/libterminfo.so.1
 >   >
 >   >  >Fix:
 >   >  Workaround
 >   >
 >   >  export TERM=
 >   >
 >   >  (Set TERM to empty, unsetting or any value will not work)
 >
 >   Sigh. Yet another regression no one cared about. I'll try to investigate
 >   this a little, but in the meantime: a better workaround would be
 >
 >      export JOETERM=""
 >
 >   - Jukka.
 >