Created attachment 309855 [details, diff] mc-4.8.3-ticket2784.patch See URL. When I change ownership of a file/directory with "CTRL+x o" mc crashes badly. Upstream already fixed this bug with the attached patch.
+*mc-4.8.3-r1 (23 Apr 2012) + + 23 Apr 2012; Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> -mc-4.8.3.ebuild, + +mc-4.8.3-r1.ebuild, +files/mc-4.8.3-fix-chown-crash.patch: + non-maintainer commit: Fixed crash when changing ownership wit "CTRL-x o" + (bug #413259). Permission granted by slyfox. +
There is still similar crash with "CTRL+x v" (create relative symlink) but I couldn't find upstream patch.
(In reply to comment #2) > There is still similar crash with "CTRL+x v" (create relative symlink) but I > couldn't find upstream patch. I've reported this bug upstream (https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2787). As this is a different bug from the one reported here I won't reopen this bug. Feel free to file a new one.