Re: pkg/60802: x11/xscreensaver 2026Q3 cannot unlock screen

[Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi,

After observing xscreensaver during the whole the week, I can conclude that the malfunctioning
for unlocking the screen has only been observed on Saturdays in my system.

I found that the crash can be avoided in NetBSD by setting:


LIBC_ALLOWCTYPEABUSE=true xscreensaver


I also played with the locale settings. With:




LC_TIME="es_ES.UTF-8"   -> fails

LC_TIME="C"             -> works

LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"   -> works



So far, this points to an interaction between xscreensaver, NetBSD ctype strict handling, and the Spanish LC_TIME locale.


For comparison, the same Saturday test on Linux and FreeBSD with Spanish locale did not show the problem.

Xscreensaver messages at the login unlock screen:


Linux:
2026-10-03 09:35:49
     Spanish

FreeBSD:
2026-10-03 09:39:40
     Spanish (Windows)

NetBSD with LIBC_ALLOWCTYPEABUSE="true":
09:58 a.m., sáb oct 3
      Spanish



Regards,
Ramiro