Comparing this bug with the others from which it was cloned, I've implemented a small patch to ensure that the value returned by Gpm_GetEvent is checked to be positive one before allowing the code to proceed.
$ debdiff orig/aalib_1.4p5-37.dsc aalib_1.4p5-37.1.dsc
diff -u aalib-1.4p5/debian/changelog
aalib-1.4p5/debian/changelog
--- aalib-1.4p5/debian/changelog
+++ aalib-1.4p5/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+aalib (1.4p5-37.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload.
+ * Ensure that aalib checks the value returned by Gpm_GetEvent()
+ and only proceeds if value == 1 (Closes: #506718)
+
+ -- Neil Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:55:52
+0100 +
aalib (1.4p5-37) unstable; urgency=low
* New maintainer. Closes: #482480.
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- aalib-1.4p5.orig/debian/patches/10-gpm-geteventcheck.diff
+++ aalib-1.4p5/debian/patches/10-gpm-geteventcheck.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ../orig/aalib-1.4p5/src/aaslnkbd.c 2001-04-26
17:03:44.000000000 +0200 ++++ src/aaslnkbd.c 2008-11-29
19:03:18.000000000 +0100 +@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
+ return (AA_NONE);
+ }
+ if ((gpm_fd > -1) && (FD_ISSET(gpm_fd, &readfds))) {
+- if (Gpm_GetEvent(&ev) && gpm_handler
++ if ((Gpm_GetEvent(&ev) == 1) && gpm_handler
+ && ((*gpm_handler) (&ev, gpm_data))) {
+ gpm_hflag = 1;
+ return AA_MOUSE;
If someone is able to test that this actually fixes the bug, I'm happy
to proceed.
--
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