[MacPorts] #22978: GNU Screen vertical split patch breaks region resizing.

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#22978: GNU Screen vertical split patch breaks region resizing.
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 Reporter:  sung@…            |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal            |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports             |     Version:  1.8.1                                
 Keywords:  patch variant     |        Port:  screen                               
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 == Problem ==

 GNU screen has an internal command called `resize` which optionally takes
 a signed or unsigned integer as an argument. When supplied an unsigned
 integer, `resize` resizes a window region to the number of lines
 specified.

 In the current Macports build of GNU screen, attempting `resize n` results
 in the error message `arguments munged` and fails to resize the window
 region. A quick grep of the source shows that this error message is not
 present in the original code, but is present in the popular vertical split
 patch.


 == Proposed Solution ==

 Compiling GNU screen without the vertical split patch solves the problem.
 Since this is the case, I would like to submit that either the patch
 should be fixed, or perhaps its inclusion in the build should be optional
 via a variant.

 Since I do not like the vertical split patch myself, I would like to see
 it offered as a variant and off by default.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/22978>
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