Bug#1040049: gnome-terminal: assert hit on mouseover, all open terminal windows are lost

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: severity -1 grave

On Sat, 01 Jul 2023 19:51:16 +0100 Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org>
wrote:
> Package: gnome-terminal
> Version: 3.46.8-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch bookworm
> Forwarded: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/2577
> 
> Dear Maintainer(s),
> 
> gnome-terminal-server asserts on mouseover, losing all open
terminals:
> 
> gnome-terminal-server[2464750]:
VTE:ERROR:../src/ringview.cc:299:const vte::base::BidiRow*
vte::base::RingView::get_bidirow(vte::grid::row_t) const: assertion
failed (row < m_start + m_len): (15728 < 15725)
> gnome-terminal-server[2464750]: Bail out!
VTE:ERROR:../src/ringview.cc:299:const vte::base::BidiRow*
vte::base::RingView::get_bidirow(vte::grid::row_t) const: assertion
failed (row < m_start + m_len): (15728 < 15725)
> 
> This is upstream issue:
> 
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/2577
> 
> Which was fixed by:
> 
>
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/commit/dcfc0ec44df3084987a6faa0fdc03e6de717c682
> 
> Please backport the fix to bookworm via proposed-updates, given it's
a
> hard crash.

These crashes are getting really annoying. One in five mousewheel
button pastes are crashing all terminals on Bookworm.

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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