Re: Segfault when resizing the terminal

[Vitezslav Crhonek]

Karl Berry wrote:
>     but the problem still persists in texinfo-4.11, see:
>     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=243971
> 
> Thanks very much for the report, testing, and patch.
> 
> I was unable to figure out exactly why the code in
> window_new_screen_size (in window.c) was producing negative dimensions;
> it's exceedingly painful to debug, since the window has to be resized
> and that screws up the debugging output.  Not to mention it doesn't
> reliably crash, even with the same resize.
> 
> However, I installed a workaround in window.c to force the final window
> width/height to zero if they do become negative.  I also added the test
> in display_update_one_window so it doesn't try to display a window
> unless it has both width and height >= 1.  Now I can't make it crash.
> 
> Please try out the version from CVS if you can, and/or add a note to
> that bug report.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Karl

Hi,

I agree with you that it was really hard to debug:)

I tryed out version from CVS and works fine for me. No more crashes.
(Sometimes the window is without text after quick resize from small
to big. But when repeating this several times, text appears again.)

I'll add this patch to F-7, F-8 and Fedora devel, thanks!

Best regards,
Vitezslav Crhonek

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