This is my first StableReleaseUpdate Proposal for Gutsy: 1. statement explaining the impact: xawtv will not start up due to shell script syntax error (For end users this as serious as a segfault on startup in a binary application), if the system in question is equipped with a NVidia graphics card and driver. NVidia graphics cards are widespread, so many users are effected. Without this patch the program is unuable on Gutsy with a NVidia. 2. how the bug has been addressed: see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xawtv/+bug/76501/comments/18 or the description of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xawtv/+bug/157547, where Luca Falavigna wrote: xawtv (3.95.dfsg.1-7) unstable; urgency=low * Applied Tim Connors's patch for xawtv wrapper (Closes: #444447) 3. A patch: Since only a single line of code is effected, a patch file is overkill. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xawtv/+bug/76501/comments/18 4. Detailed instructions how to reproduce the bug: Try to run xawtv from the menu or the command line on a computer equipped with NVidia graphics. Try the command xdpyinfo -queryExtensions | grep NV-GLX first to make sure the test system is effected by the problem: This should return a line similar to this string here: " NV-GLX (opcode: 146)" 5. A discussion of the regression potential: Almost no risk, because the patch only removes a trivial shell syntax error.
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