Bug#478478: gnome-terminal: copy/paste using the middle mouse button is broken.

[Sven Luther]

Package: gnome-terminal
Version: 2.22.1-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


When copy pasting using from a gnome terminal, selecting a bit of text,
and using the middle mouse button to paste does not work.

Doing the same from xfce4-terminal or plain xterm does work, and even
pasting to gnome-terminal does work.

Using the right-mousr-button contextual menu copy/paste usually works though,
but i also had cases where it didn't work. Don't remember exactly the details
though.

When pasting with the middle mouse button, the previous selection is kept and pasted.

The reason for the severity, is dual, i consider a terminal without proper
copy/paste support barely useable, and more importantly, there is a risk of 
security leaks or plain destructive error through bad copy/pasting. It may
seem a bit exagerated though, so ...

Friendly,

Sven Luther

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-terminal depends on:
ii  gnome-control-center       1:2.22.0-2    utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-terminal-data        2.22.1-1      Data files for the GNOME terminal
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.22.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0               2.22.0-1      Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libc6                      2.7-10        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgconf2-4                2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.2-1     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.16.1-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.12.9-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  liborbit2                  1:2.14.12-0.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.20.2-2      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libstartup-notification0   0.9-1         library for program launch feedbac
ii  libvte9                    1:0.16.13-1   Terminal emulator widget for GTK+
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.3-7     X11 client-side library
ii  libxrender1                1:0.9.4-1     X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  scrollkeeper               0.3.14-16     A free electronic cataloging syste

Versions of packages gnome-terminal recommends:
ii  yelp                          2.20.0-2   Help browser for GNOME 2

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