As discussed with sam, the new ncurses causes vim to randomly output junk on screen — it happens at least on xfce4-terminal with TERM=xterm-256color (the default). In general the problem starts occurring once I enter insert mode and start typing — in the lower right corner of screen '[No Name] + - VIM' is printed. In earlier versions of ncurses, this text actually sets the window title but with the new one it just gets printed to screen, wraps the final line and makes a huge mess out of the window. I've been able to confirm that it still happens with vim-9999 as of 474891bc89e657100bd37c29129451a0e601879d. On ncurses end, the latest (20230408) patch seems to be causing it — after commenting it out (i.e. leaving 0401 as the newest), everything works fine again.
Diff is https://github.com/ThomasDickey/ncurses-snapshots/compare/v6_4_20230401...v6_4_20230408. Holger's also mentioned an issue at https://bugs.gentoo.org/904247#c2 but it might be a different problem. If it's the same issue, might be that tput/tic is broken?
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=684be1b17000d5497a4c2ba6ce4966e1ca728050 commit 684be1b17000d5497a4c2ba6ce4966e1ca728050 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-04-13 07:25:50 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-04-13 07:25:50 +0000 sys-libs/ncurses: add 6.4_p20230401 This lacks the upstream 20230408 patch which might cause issues, so add this version for easier testing. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/904263 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-6.4_p20230401.ebuild | 429 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 429 insertions(+)
Hooray: the problem I mentioned in #904247 (wrong colours, (null) output everywhere) no longer presents itself with 6.4_p20230401. Editing text with joe also seems to work (brief test only).
It breaks joe, too: I Unnamed Row 1 Col 1 Joe's Own Editor 4.6 (utf-8) ** Type Ctrl-K Q to exit or Ctrl-K H for help **
With sys-libs/ncurses-6.4_p20230401 all works fine, but sys-libs/ncurses-6.4_p20230408 breaks Vim. =(
Seems like this bug also affects tmux somehow. Got two segfaults in server part today.
I have the same problem with vim after the update sys-libs/ncurses-6.4_p20230408 In addition, the init.d scripts output is broken ~ # /etc/init.d/libvirtd start (null)*(null) Starting virtlogd(null) ... (null) (null)[(null) ok (null)](null) (null)*(null) Starting libvirtd(null) ... (null) (null)[(null) ok (null)](null)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=4f216f091714951425b866d71dcb4fd1557d4ab2 commit 4f216f091714951425b866d71dcb4fd1557d4ab2 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-04-13 16:56:00 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-04-13 16:56:00 +0000 profiles: mask =sys-libs/ncurses-6.4_p20230408 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/904247 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/904263 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
That's probably the parameterless "tsl" capability (which I thought was okay with the most recent patch -- it's a special case). I'll fix this in the next patch.
There's not enough context in the comment https://bugs.gentoo.org/904247#c2 to guess why tparm would return a null, but perhaps someone will provide useful information over the next day or so.
Looks like https://bugs.gentoo.org/904277 is a duplicate of this. Same answer: make OpenRC use the documented interface rather than inventing new ways to use code which will be invalidated.
The no-parameter tsl fix is in 20230415. If there are other problems, a suitable bug report should be filed. For general assistance with preparing bug reports, see https://invisible-island.net/personal/bug-reports.html
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=36cb6e7e797ce084f8952716da8816e3613bedd0 commit 36cb6e7e797ce084f8952716da8816e3613bedd0 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-04-16 03:26:39 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-04-16 03:28:54 +0000 sys-libs/ncurses: add 6.4_p20230415 This should fix the issues with vim (bug #904263) but this version remains masked for now because OpenRC itself needs fixing due to abuse of ncurses (bug #904277). Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/904247 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/904277 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/904263 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 5 + sys-libs/ncurses/Manifest | 3 + sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-6.4_p20230415.ebuild | 431 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 439 insertions(+)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6f56513efdd057825ffaba9213e04553143dac41 commit 6f56513efdd057825ffaba9213e04553143dac41 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-04-19 02:37:55 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-04-19 02:38:39 +0000 sys-libs/ncurses: add 6.4_p20230418 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/904263 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 1 + sys-libs/ncurses/Manifest | 3 + sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-6.4_p20230418.ebuild | 432 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 436 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=dc92b4a3a8aafac2120438d89ea4e85d77006c97 commit dc92b4a3a8aafac2120438d89ea4e85d77006c97 Author: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-04-06 08:24:36 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-04-06 08:24:36 +0000 profiles: (finally) unmask ncurses OpenRC is now fixed. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/904247 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/904263 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
