Debian bug report logs - #1045
tgetflag("hc") segfaults (fwd)

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PACKAGE: libc
VERSION: 4.6.27
PACKAGE_REVISION: 5

The following bug seems to stem from a bug in libtermcap.a.
If TERM contains a terminal name not in /etc/termcap,
tgetflag("hc") segfaults.

mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell)


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Date: Sat, 24 Jun 95 23:13 BST
From: N.D. Turton <ndt1001@cus.cam.ac.uk>
To: debian-bugs@pixar.com
Subject: Bug#1043: less segmentation faults with unknown TERM

Package: less
Version: 290

When less is invoked with TERM set to an unknown terminal type, it
segmentation faults. strace say it does some setting up, reads in
/etc/termcap, closes it, and dies.

Example:

 bash# echo foo >bar
 bash# TERM=unlisted less bar
 Segmentation fault
 bash# TERM=console less bar
 foo
 bar (END)

I am using debian 0.93R4 (I think. Let me know if you think this is
important.) with a 1.2.1 kernel, and 4.6.27 libc.

Neil.
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Neil Turton, Second assistant computer officer,
Churchill college, Cambridge. CB3 0DS.