Bug 13150

Summary:	Python interpreter 'segmentation fault' when pressing twice 'DEL'
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Dimitrios Glentadakis <dglent>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00031.html
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	readline-6.3-1.mga5.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Patch from http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00031.html

Description Dimitrios Glentadakis 2014-04-05 06:24:19 CEST

Description of problem:
When pressing twice 'DEL' in the python interpreter it crashes with segmentation fault


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python-2.7.6-4.mga5.src.rpm
python3-3.3.4-1.mga5.src.rpm


There is a patch here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00031.html




Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Philippe Makowski 2014-04-05 11:46:30 CEST

If I read well, the patch is for readline package no ?

Assignee: makowski.mageia => bugsquad

Comment 2 Dimitrios Glentadakis 2014-04-05 12:01:39 CEST

Because of the comment:
'That suggests the solution to the DEL issue, which I've attached as a patch'

i undrestood that it was the solution for the 'del' bug

Comment 3 Dimitrios Glentadakis 2014-04-06 06:35:37 CEST

Created attachment 5101 [details]
Patch from http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00031.html

Actually the patch is for readline and not for python, i tested and it works fine.

Dimitrios Glentadakis 2014-04-06 06:35:53 CEST

Source RPM: python-2.7.6-4.mga5.src.rpm python3-3.3.4-1.mga5.src.rpm => readline-6.3-1.mga5.src.rpm

Comment 4 Dimitrios Glentadakis 2014-04-06 06:58:30 CEST

Added patch in readline 6.3 in cauldron

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED