Re: Problem with gitk

Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] writes:

Am 09.07.25 um 12:23 schrieb Nicolas Ratier:

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I have this error with gitk :

$ gitk

and inside the window of gitk :

Erreur à l'exécution de git log :

wrong # args: should be

"safe_open_command_redirect cmd redir"

You are suffering from an incorrect backport of the recent security
fixes to a Git version before 2.43.7. Tell your maintainer to look into
this. I can help if necessary.

For example, see here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/+bug/2116253

-- Hannes

Whew.

I first misread the above report and response and was afraid that we
started from an in-between version and botched our backport down to
older maintenance tracks, but after double checking that what we
shipped (Git 2.43.7 and upwards) recently does not have this issue,
I realized that there are distro packagers that backport even further
into the past, where some mistakes happened.

Thanks for a quick response.