URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67607>
Summary: Unable to type in GNU Screen on big-endian systems
after w_inlen/p_inlen changes from int to size_t
Group: GNU Screen
Submitter: psumbera
Submitted: Wed 15 Oct 2025 10:40:12 AM UTC
Category: Program Logic
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: None
Fixed Release: None
Planned Release: None
Work Required: None
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Date: Wed 15 Oct 2025 10:40:12 AM UTC By: Petr Sumbera <psumbera>
On big-endian systems (tested on SPARC/Solaris), GNU Screen sessions doesn't
accept input in the window after commit:
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=fd608ec035406adad99fc5ed715248e5a0b72147
After buffer length variables were converted from int to size_t, various
pointers, such as (int *)&w->w_inlen, are passed as event fields
condpos/condneg, which are still typed as int *. This is not portable.
For now I was able to revert the change with attached patch file.
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File Attachments:
revert of problematic commit
Name: window_sparc.patch Size: 5KiB
<https://file.savannah.gnu.org/file/window_sparc.patch?file_id=57721>
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