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Package: xgammon
Version: 0.99.1128-1
Severity: important
When I run xgammon, two windows flash onto the screen briefly and then
disappear. An X error is generated:
$ xgammon
endgame database not found
you should create one
boardsize should at least be 150x120 pixel
geometry values changed
X Error of failed request: BadCursor (invalid Cursor parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 96 (X_RecolorCursor)
Resource id in failed request: 0x0
Serial number of failed request: 858
Current serial number in output stream: 1073
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xgammon depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Athena widget set library
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: xgammon
Source-Version: 0.99.1128-12
Done: Sébastien Noel <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xgammon, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sébastien Noel <[email protected]> (supplier of updated xgammon package)
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:45:09 +0200
Source: xgammon
Architecture: source
Version: 0.99.1128-12
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Games Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Sébastien Noel <[email protected]>
Closes: 299418 1098140
Changes:
xgammon (0.99.1128-12) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Team upload.
* d/rules: build using C17 standard with GNU extensions to fix FTBFS
with GCC 15 (Closes: #1098140)
* d/rules: fix typo, really install xgammon.ad (Closes: #299418)
* Update debhelper compat level to 14
* Drop "Rules-Requires-Root: no": it is the default now
* Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4, drop Priority: tag
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