[PATCH] tcsh-6.17.06-2 $COLUMNS $LINES not set

patch 2

Assigning to tcsh.

Reported to Debian.

Debian report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=580498

fixed in the debian git tree

This bug was fixed in the package tcsh - 6.17.02-3

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tcsh (6.17.02-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Re-add 12_unknown_lscolors.patch. Closes segfault when removed.
    Closes: #592089.

tcsh (6.17.02-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Set $COLUMNS and $LINES in csh.{cshrc,login}. Closes: #580498. LP: #546032
  * Standards-Version bumped to 3.8.4. No changes needed.
  * Upload to unstable.

tcsh (6.17.02-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * Merged patches:
    + 01_build.1.patch
    + 06_man.patch
    + 10_hurd.patch
  * Removed patches:
    + 02_fix.patch - no longer needed
    + 12_unknown_lscolors.patch - upstream says:
        "rejected - will not apply now, I'd rather see the error and
         fix $LS_COLORS than eat it up silently."
  * Bug fixes:
    + "Crash with autoexpand and no histchars" (LP: #96490)
    + "tcsh history file fails to save commands with "!" properly" (LP: #139537)
    + "tcsh's sending of HUPs to children is broken" (Closes: #314641)
    + "tcsh doesn't support CR/LF end-of-lines in some cases, contrary to csh"
      (Closes: #462346)
    + "complete.tcsh bug in postmap" (Closes: #552632)
  * Fix catalogs generation to use the charset
  * Add disable-lexical.at-31.patch:
    disable broken comments test
  * Upload to experimental as it is a pre-release.
 -- Ubuntu Archive Auto-Sync <email address hidden> Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:02:07 +0000

Just noticed a regression to the unpatched version of tcsh in Precise 12.04.

Can the maintainer please fix this?

Can the maintainer please fix this regression in the Ubuntu package?

Err, hello?! Is anybody there at launchpad these days?

HELLO, PHILIP MUŠKOVAC!?!? ARE YOU THERE? I have been trying to report since August 2012 that this bug still exists due to a reversion in the tcsh packaged in Ubuntu Precise 12.04. Seriously what does one actually have to do these days to get the attention of an Ubuntu package maintainer?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

Sorry that there has not been a response for quite a while, but please understand that in Ubuntu there are no specific Package maintainers, tcsh is collectively maintained by the MOTU Team and I haven't touched it in a long time.

The "regression" happened because the variables are unset to fix
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=%23623330 and
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=%23605279 in
tcsh 6.17.06-1.

As those are valid reasons for this change I don't believe much can be done here from a quick look. If you feel that they're still needed please contact the debian maintainer Thomas Lange <email address hidden>, work out a solution that can be uploaded to the development release and then follow the SRU [1] procedure to get it fixed in precise.
Thank you for your effort.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

Thank you for the reply. Since you said you have not been able to look at tcsh in a long time, can I offer myself as a specific maintainer of tcsh in Ubuntu?