Indeed this bug is there!
Thanks for reporting it.
Fixed it with the patch below.
Will be released somewhere this week.
Testing is welcome!
Index: term.c
===================================================================
--- term.c (revision 2)
+++ term.c (working copy)
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
dummy[min(strlen(dummy), line_width)] = 0x00;
for(loop=strlen(dummy); loop<line_width; loop++)
mvwprintw(win -> win, win_y, win_x + loop, " ");
- mvwprintw(win -> win, win_y, win_x, dummy);
+ mvwprintw(win -> win, win_y, win_x, "%s", dummy);
myfree(dummy);
if (pcase_insensitive)
mvwprintw(win -> win, win_y + 1, win_x, "%c",
*pcase_insensitive?'X':' ');
Index: ui.c
===================================================================
--- ui.c (revision 2)
+++ ui.c (working copy)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
win_header(mywin, title);
myattr_on(mywin, cdev);
- mvwprintw(mywin -> win, 3, 2, buffer);
+ mvwprintw(mywin -> win, 3, 2, "%s", buffer);
myattr_off(mywin, cdev);
escape_print(mywin, 7, 2, "_Press any key to exit this screen_");
mydoupdate();
Index: version
===================================================================
--- version (revision 2)
+++ version (working copy)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION=5.2.8
+VERSION=5.2.9
On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 01:53:27PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Package: multitail
> Version: 5.2.8-1
> Severity: important
>
> Hello,
>
> that's a bit a nuissance ...
>
> How to repeat:
>
> * Start multitail against an arbitrary file.
> * Do a forward search or highlight, i.e. "/" or "?".
> * In the small window, enter "%", then "n".
>
> Output (right across the terminal):
>
> *** %n in writable segment detected ***
> Aborted
>
> syslog:
> segfault at 1 ip 00000000f7646a59 sp 00000000ff9a549c error 6 in
> libc-2.11.2.so[f7606000+13e000
>
> The problem exists in squeeze, too. I did not check what %n is
> supposed to do, but I doubt this is the desired behaviour.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christoph
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: wheezy/sid
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.1.6 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
> Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages multitail depends on:
> ii libc6 2.13-21
> ii libncurses5 5.9-4
>
> multitail recommends no packages.
>
> multitail suggests no packages.
>
> -- Configuration Files:
> /etc/multitail.conf changed [not included]
>
> Note: That's just "check_mail:0".
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
Folkert van Heusden
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