FWIW a cleaner workaround that also works is creating a /etc/Muttrc.d/00
-fix-black-bar.rc that does
color normal default default
This way you don't have to deal with conffile changes on next upgrade.
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Look at the upstream git branch the bug was fixed in this commit:
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-
maint/ncurses.git/commit/?id=7b555031556f7e2034dc86f8a64ba32d35d5e156
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This is fixed Yakkety which will become Ubuntu 16.10 as we have ncurses
version 6.0+20160625-1ubuntu1 which includes:
ncurses (6.0+20160625-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream patchlevel.
- Make linux3.0 entry the default linux entry (Closes: #823658, #515609).
- Improve manual
Short summary of the ncurses bug:
- when you call start_color() and then endwin() twice without calling
use_default_colors() in the middle, endwin() resets the color to grey on
black (and then clears to end of line, which leaves an ugly black bar in
my gnome-terminal which uses a white
** Changed in: mutt (Debian)
Status: Unknown => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1582629
Title:
mutt does not properly restore console colors on exit
To manage
The Debian bug filed for Mutt traces this change to a bug in ncurses:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=816887
** Also affects: ncurses (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #816887
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #803405
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=803405
** Also affects: mutt (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=803405
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: mutt (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
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