Bug#548319: libvte9: Terminal reset triggers assert crash

[Marco Nenciarini]

Package: libvte9
Version: 1:0.22.0-1
Severity: important

If in a terminal you try to run reset command or echo ^[c
the terminal die with an assert crash.

This is the output:
**
Vte:ERROR:/build/buildd-vte_0.22.0-1-i386-47LB8O/vte-0.22.0/./src/vtestream-file.h:30:_xread: assertion failed: (fd || !len)

This happens only after some output have been written (running
dmessage for example). If you try on fresh terminal no crash will be
triggered.

I've tried with gnome-terminal, xfce4-terminal and mssh.

Kind Regards,
Marco

P.S: Ubuntu have a very similar bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/435367

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libvte9 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.28.0-1       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                     2.9-26         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                 1.8.8-2        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1            2.6.0-4        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6              2.3.9-5        FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.22.0-1       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.18.0-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.26.0-1       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libvte-common             1:0.22.0-1     Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ 

libvte9 recommends no packages.

libvte9 suggests no packages.

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