Bug#1135587: screen: screen no longer works on big-endian systems

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.ports.s390
Message-ID <177779305923.15549.5450607029619473939.reportbug__46608.3741675661$1777793258$gmane$org@z6>
Source: screen
Version: 5.0.1-1.1
Severity: important
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Usertags: m68k
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Usertags: powerpc ppc64
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Usertags: s390x
User: [email protected]
Usertags: sparc64

Hi,

since the latest update, screen no longer works on big-endian systems.

Tested on both ppc64 and sparc64, running "screen bash" will start bash
inside a screen, but it's no longer possible to interact with the shell,
i.e. typing commands.

Downgrading screen to the last 4.x release, fixes the problem immediately.

Thanks,
Adrian

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