Bug#1079378: libvte-2.91-common: mutt(1) and neomutt(1) backspace for going up one line doesn't work anymore

[Alejandro Colomar]

Package: libvte-2.91-common
Version: 0.77.91-2
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: alx at kernel.org

Dear Maintainer,

I've upgraded recently my Debian Sid machine, and now I can't press
backspace in mutt(1) or neomutt(1) while reading a message to go up one
line.

This still works in xterm(1), but is broken in xfce4-terminal(1) and
gnome-terminal(1).

I originally reported this to xfce4-terminal, but they suggested the
issue is probably with libvte, since gnome-terminal also shares this
problem, and since the upgrade included libvte, but not xfce4-terminal.
<https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-terminal/-/issues/327#note_93009>

According to the guidelines, this could be severity critical, since it
breaks other software, but since the breakage is mild, I think it's just
severity normal.

Have a lovely day!
Alex


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.9.7-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.utf8, LC_CTYPE=C.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages libvte-2.91-common depends on:
ii  libc6  2.39-7

libvte-2.91-common recommends no packages.

libvte-2.91-common suggests no packages.

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