KiBi pointed out that the changelog entry misspelled Samuel's name.
Apologies.
diff -u ncurses-5.6+20080830/debian/changelog
ncurses-5.6+20080830/debian/changelog
--- ncurses-5.6+20080830/debian/changelog
+++ ncurses-5.6+20080830/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+ncurses (5.6+20080830-1.1) testing; urgency=low
+
+ * Non-maintainer upload for testing.
+ * Ensure that aalib checks the value returned by Gpm_GetEvent()
+ and only proceeds if value == 1. (Closes: #506717)
+ * Analysis and patch by Samuel Thibault. Thanks!
+
+ -- Thomas Viehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:36:58 +0100
+
ncurses (5.6+20080830-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* Merging upstream version 5.6+20080830.
diff -u ncurses-5.6+20080830/debian/patches/00list
ncurses-5.6+20080830/debian/patches/00list
--- ncurses-5.6+20080830/debian/patches/00list
+++ ncurses-5.6+20080830/debian/patches/00list
@@ -5,0 +6 @@
+06-check-gpm-getevent-return-values.dpatch
only in patch2:
unchanged:
---
ncurses-5.6+20080830.orig/debian/patches/06-check-gpm-getevent-return-values.dpatch
+++
ncurses-5.6+20080830/debian/patches/06-check-gpm-getevent-return-values.dpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## 06-check-gpm-getevent-return-values.dpatch by Samuel Thibault
+##
+## DP: Check the return value of Gpm_GetEvent to prevent locking up
+## DP: when gpm is not available in X
+
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@
+
+--- a/ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c 2008-11-24 00:29:19.000000000 +0100
++++ b/ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c 2008-11-24 00:31:12.000000000 +0100
+@@ -651,7 +651,15 @@
+ /* query server for event, return TRUE if we find one */
+ Gpm_Event ev;
+
+- if (my_Gpm_GetEvent(&ev) == 1) {
++ if (sp->_mouse_fd == -1)
++ break;
++
++ switch (my_Gpm_GetEvent(&ev)) {
++ case 0:
++ /* Connection closed, drop the mouse. */
++ sp->_mouse_fd = -1;
++ break;
++ case 1:
+ /* there's only one mouse... */
+ eventp->id = NORMAL_EVENT;
+
+@@ -684,6 +692,7 @@
+ /* bump the next-free pointer into the circular list */
+ sp->_mouse_eventp = eventp = NEXT(eventp);
+ result = TRUE;
++ break;
+ }
+ }
+ break;
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