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

John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <[email protected]> Tue, 12 May 2026 11:35:22 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.ports.powerpc,gmane.linux.debian.ports.s390,gmane.linux.debian.ports.sparc
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Hi Giridhar,

On Tue, 2026-05-12 at 08:56 +0000, Giridhar Trivedi wrote:
> There is already a fix provided as for this as part ofhttps://savannah.gn=
u.org/bugs/?67607.=C2=A0
>=20
> Pranav has verified this fix on S390x , it is working as expected.=C2=A0

Yes, I have also verified the fix on big-endian PowerPC and SPARC.

However, the fix has not been added to Debian unstable yet. The package
in unstable is still broken hence the severity of the bug.

Adrian

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