Package: gnuplot
Found 75403 4.2.4-1
Found 75403 4.2.2-1.2
Severity: serious
Justification: could cause data loss
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Package: texlive-fonts-extra
Version: 2007.dfsg.4-1
Severity: serious
Justification: nosell license
Hello,
I find that this bug has not been fixed in 4.2.4-1 , as present
in unstable.
Also it remains open in the current stable 4.0.0-5 (of course: same version!)
and testing 4.2.2-1.2 snapshots.
I'm trying to escalate the severity of this bug since it really can cause data
loss while typing unseen potentially harmful commands on an unreadable line.
Just to repeat my example of 30 May 2007:
Open gnuplot and type a long line (exceeding the terminal width), then press
left arrow long enough to reach (without knowing) the beginning of the line (or
press ctrl-a).
Then type
!rm *
(with a space character after the "*"): Nothing understandable is visible on the
screen. If you now press enter this removes all files in the current directory
without you "seeing" it coming.
Many similar examples could be cooked up, so I guess this really is serious and
should be fixed.
This bug with a hinted solution was forwarded upstream on 21 Aug 2006 : I can't
believe these guys do not give a damn about the whole Debian community and have
not fixed it in over 2 years! There are at least 7674 users of gnuplot around
(which run popularity-contest), plus all the Ubuntu users.
Is there anything we could do to get this thing fixed at last?
Thanx,
Nick
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