Your message dated Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:40:00 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#1128293: minicom: Wrong error message when command
line buffer could not be allocated
has caused the Debian Bug report #1128293,
regarding minicom: Wrong error message when command line buffer could not be
allocated
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: minicom
Version: 2.10-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
"not" should be added as shown in the attached patch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.3
APT prefers stable-security
APT policy: (993, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.12.63quarx (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored:
LC_ALL set to ja_JP.UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages minicom depends on:
ii libc6 2.41-12+deb13u1
ii libtinfo6 6.5+20250216-2
Versions of packages minicom recommends:
ii lrzsz 0.12.21rc-0.2
minicom suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- a/src/updown.c 2026-02-10 05:35:57.000000000 +0900
+++ b/src/updown.c 2026-02-17 22:53:19.187856317 +0900
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
cmdline_length = strlen(P_PPROG(g)) + strlen((char*) (multiple == 0 ? "" : s)) + 1; /* + 1 for ' ' */
cmdline = malloc(cmdline_length + 1); /* + 1 for NUL */
if (cmdline == NULL) {
- werror(_("Out of memory: could allocate buffer for command line"));
+ werror(_("Out of memory: could not allocate buffer for command line"));
return;
}
snprintf(cmdline, cmdline_length + 1, "%s %s", P_PPROG(g), multiple == 0 ? "" : s);
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
This bug appears to be fixed in minicom 2.11.1-1 which is available in
unstable and testing. Thank you for your patch! I'm closing this bug
report.
Martin
On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 23:24:00 +0900, Takeshi Hamasaki wrote:
> Package: minicom
> Version: 2.10-1
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch
>
> "not" should be added as shown in the attached patch.
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 13.3
> APT prefers stable-security
> APT policy: (993, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: i386
>
> Kernel: Linux 6.12.63quarx (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
> Locale: LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored:
> LC_ALL set to ja_JP.UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
> Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
>
> Versions of packages minicom depends on:
> ii libc6 2.41-12+deb13u1
> ii libtinfo6 6.5+20250216-2
>
> Versions of packages minicom recommends:
> ii lrzsz 0.12.21rc-0.2
>
> minicom suggests no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
