Bug#368818: x11-common: insufficient error checking in Xsession can prevent users from logging in

2007-08-14 Thread Brice Goglin
Hi, I am trying to see what to do with this old bug, but I don't see yet why COLUMNS would be set to 0 and why we should support this (buggy?) case. Do you guys know any valid use of COLUMNS=0 ? Brice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Bug#368818: x11-common: insufficient error checking in Xsession can prevent users from logging in

2007-08-14 Thread Itai Seggev
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 12:10:10AM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote: Hi, I am trying to see what to do with this old bug, but I don't see yet why COLUMNS would be set to 0 and why we should support this (buggy?) case. Do you guys know any valid use of COLUMNS=0 ? No, there is no valid reason for

Bug#368818: x11-common: insufficient error checking in Xsession can prevent users from logging in

2006-05-24 Thread Itai Seggev
Package: x11-common Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 Severity: normal If fold is given zero columns as an argument, it dies with the error message below. If the $COLUMNS enivornment variable is for some reason set to zero, then the command fold -s -w ${COLUMNS:-80} in Xsessions's message functions will