Package: ytalk
Version: 3.3.0-5
Severity: grave
Tags: patch
Justification: renders package unusable
Ytalk doesn't work when the username is > than 8 characters, and errors like
that are appearing in the syslog when one of the user connecting has a username
with more than 8 characters:
talkd[26809]: 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): unintelligible packet
Removing the support for "old talk daemon" seems to make it work nicely:
--- ytalk-3.3.0.orig/src/socket.c
+++ ytalk-3.3.0/src/socket.c
@@ -453,13 +453,18 @@
0, (struct sockaddr *) & remote_daemon,
sizeof(remote_daemon));
if (n != sizeof(m2))
show_error("Warning: cannot write to new talk daemon");
-
+ /* Commented out by J. Javier Maestro:
+ * Quick hack to make ytalk work for usernames longer than 8
+ * characters. Apparently, talkd returns an error message when
+ * receiving an old talk packet and this breaks ytalk.
+ */
+ /*
IN_PORT(remote_daemon) = talkd[otalk].port;
n = sendto(talkd[otalk].fd, (char *) &m1, sizeof(m1),
0, (struct sockaddr *) & remote_daemon,
sizeof(remote_daemon));
if (n != sizeof(m1))
show_error("Warning: cannot write to old talk daemon");
-
+ */
tv.tv_sec = 4L;
tv.tv_usec = 0L;
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages ytalk depends on:
ii libc6 2.17-97
ii libncurses5 5.9+20130608-1
ii talkd 0.17-15
ytalk recommends no packages.
ytalk suggests no packages.
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