Re: pkg/48806: x11/vte doesn't process the "Alt" properly.

[Volkmar Seifert <vs%dimensionv.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/48806; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Volkmar Seifert <vs%dimensionv.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/48806: x11/vte doesn't process the "Alt" properly.
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 21:53:26 +0000

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 Attached is the patch as I integrated it into my local version of x11/vte
 
 - "patch-aj" is the actual patch that solves the problem
 - "x11-vte.patch" is the patch that adds the patch's checksum
   to distfiles and bumps the package-revision up to 15
 
 On Tue, 13 May 2014 21:40:00 +0000 (UTC)
 vs%nifelheim.info@localhost wrote:
 
 > >Number:         48806
 > >Category:       pkg
 > >Synopsis:       x11/vte doesn't process the "Alt" properly.
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       non-critical
 > >Priority:       medium
 > >Responsible:    pkg-manager
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Tue May 13 21:40:00 +0000 2014
 > >Originator:     Volkmar Seifert
 > >Release:        NetBSD 6.1_STABLE
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > NetBSD SnowLion.home.nifelheim.info 6.1_STABLE NetBSD 6.1_STABLE (GENERIC) 
 > #1: Fri May  9 12:48:47 CEST 2014  
 > mjoellnir@cheetah:/work/netbsd/v6/work/i386/GENERIC/obj/work/netbsd/v6/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
 >  i386
 > >Description:
 > xfce4-terminal, and most likely gnome-terminal, too, suffer from a bug in 
 > x11/vte. This bug is that the "Alt"-key is not mapped/processed properly.
 > It's a known bug for some years now, and has been fixed in version 0.28.2. 
 > pkgsrc-current however is using 0.28.1 with lots of patches.
 > 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Install an xfce- or gnome-terminal, x11/vte will be installed as a 
 > dependency, and do something that would require the alt-key on the shell, 
 > like typing this:
 > 
 > # test case
 > 
 > and then hitting alt-backspace.
 > 
 > Expected behavior would be that "case" gets deleted.
 > 
 > Real behavior however is that "e" gets deleted.
 > >Fix:
 > To solve this problem quickly, I applied this patch [1] I found in this 
 > bug-report [2] to our version. After building and updating vte, the problem 
 > with the "Alt"-Key was gone, and the terminal is behaving as it would be 
 > expected again.
 > 
 > [1] https://bug663779.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=242449
 > [2] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663779
 > 
 > The patch doesn't need much changes, only the file-paths have to be adjusted.
 > 
 
 
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