Subject: pkg/15866: Frotz >= 2.41 crashes if Ctrl-@ or Ctrl-Space is pressed.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <dgriffi@cs.csubak.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/11/2002 00:44:34
>Number:         15866
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       Frotz >= 2.41 crashes if Ctrl-@ or Ctrl-Space is pressed.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 11 00:45:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Griffith
>Release:        
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>Description:
Zero is the character code returned by curses when the user types Ctrl-@ (or Ctrl-Space).  It is also ZC_TIME_OUT.  If the user accidentally hits Ctrl-@, a bogus ZC_TIME_OUT is returned from  unix_read_char() in ux_input.c.  This causes Frotz to crash with the message ">Fatal error: Call to non-routine".
>How-To-Repeat:
Start a zcode game with either 2.40 or 2.41.  Get a command line, then type ^@ or ^space.  Watch the interpreter crash.  Utter great obscenities because you forgot to save the game before the cat danced on the keyboard.
>Fix:
Upgrade to Frotz 2.42.


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