FYI, the patch proposed in message #10 is included in a git repo which collects bug fixes etc for wmaker, so this problem is solved there.
http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git/commit/a9aeefbe7062523ea95435fdafdc853d6abcfacc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org