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FS#68648 - irssi: input freeze when hitting Control + space

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Pierre-Yves Ritschard (pyr) - Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 12:03 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Tuesday, 04 May 2021, 16:03 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Levente Polyak (anthraxx)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

This is essentially the same bug as laid out here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/+bug/871723

Due to a change in Glib, irssi may hang on input such as sent when hitting Ctrl + space.
Applying this patch fixes the issue:
https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/irssi/irssi/pull/1183.patch

Additional info:
* package version(s): 1.2.2-3

Steps to reproduce:

- Start irssi
- Type some input
- Hit Ctrl + space
- Notice that no further input is processed

With the patch:

- Start irssi
- Type some input
- Hit Ctrl + space
- Notice that further input is processed
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Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Tuesday, 04 May 2021, 16:03 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Pierre-Yves Ritschard (pyr) - Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 12:12 GMT
Levente, I am happy to submit the related PKGBUILD update if it makes your life easier, but have only done it for AUR packages so far, I don't know where I am supposed to put the PKGBUILD patch up, maybe attached to this issue?
Comment by Pierre-Yves Ritschard (pyr) - Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 12:22 GMT
The attached PKGBUILD creates a fixed irssi for me
   PKGBUILD (1.4 KiB)
Comment by T.J. Townsend (blakkheim) - Monday, 23 November 2020, 17:45 GMT
Any input from the maintainer?
Comment by Pierre-Yves Ritschard (pyr) - Thursday, 26 November 2020, 14:48 GMT
None yet
Comment by T.J. Townsend (blakkheim) - Sunday, 13 December 2020, 02:00 GMT

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