Package: xbase-clients Version: 4.2.1-8 Severity: normal I detected this behavior when using xprop -spy. xprop simply aborted when I unset the property I was spying on. Here is how you can reproduce it:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xprop -root -f FOOBAR 8s -set FOOBAR foo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xprop -root FOOBAR FOOBAR(STRING) = "foo" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xprop -root -remove FOOBAR [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xprop -root FOOBAR FOOBARAborted (core dumped) -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux kallisti 2.4.21 #1 Fri Jun 13 19:52:46 CEST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on: ii cpp-3.2 1:3.2.3-4 The GNU C preprocessor ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdps1 4.2.1-8 Display PostScript (DPS) client li ii libfreetype6 2.1.4-4 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libncurses5 5.3.20030510-2 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libxaw7 4.2.1-8 X Athena widget set library ii xlibmesa3-gl [libgl1] 4.2.1-8 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86] ii xlibmesa3-glu 4.2.1-8 Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree ii xlibs 4.2.1-8 X Window System client libraries -- debconf information excluded
