This problem was reported in #725323 as well. A fix (the reversal of the change mentioned to close #202497) will be present in 2.7.10-6, to be released soon. Merging these two reports.
On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 10:56 PM, Mike Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Source: rxvt > Version: 1:2.7.10-5.1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > The fix for Debian bug #202497 causes rxvt to not report its initial terminal > size correctly when queried with a standard ioctl() call. Only after the rxvt > window is resized can the terminal size be retrieved correctly. > > The attached simple C program shows the ioctl call I am using to query the > terminal size. This uses the TIOCGWINSZ ioctl to get the terminal size of the > program's controlling terminal. When this program is run in a newly started > rxvt, the terminal size is returned as {0,0}. If the rxvt is resized with the > mouse and the program is run again, the correct updated size is returned. > > This appears to be a Debian-specific problem, as the patch that was applied to > fix #202497 appears to be the cause of this behavior. When rxvt is rebuilt > without this patch, the correct initial size {24,80} is returned. > > I don't fully understand the race condition mentioned in #202497, but it is > implied that the patch applied is only a band-aid and not a real fix. The > patch > clearly introduces this undesired reproducible behavior into rxvt for Debian > users, so I would like to see it removed, but I can't comment on the original > problem with the terminal dimensions. > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: jessie/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental'), (1, 'unstable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
