[Bug 1560390] [NEW] Regression: Incorrect wcwidth

[Egmont Koblinger]

Public bug reported:

Just before entering Xenial's Final Beta Freeze, glibc was updated from
2.21 to 2.23.

2.22 brings in a regression around wcwidth(), causing incorrect behavior
of certain apps when printing certain characters in various terminal
emulators.

Upstream glibc bug:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19852

Original report about incorrect behavior in terminal:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762052

Could you please fix this regression?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libc6 2.23-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-14.30-generic 4.4.5
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Mar 22 10:13:34 2016
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6-20160319-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu1
 libgcc1 1:6-20160319-0ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (1391 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: glibc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-02-13 (37 days ago)

** Affects: glibc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial

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Title:
  Regression: Incorrect wcwidth

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Just before entering Xenial's Final Beta Freeze, glibc was updated
  from 2.21 to 2.23.

  2.22 brings in a regression around wcwidth(), causing incorrect
  behavior of certain apps when printing certain characters in various
  terminal emulators.

  Upstream glibc bug:
  https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19852

  Original report about incorrect behavior in terminal:
  https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=762052

  Could you please fix this regression?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: libc6 2.23-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-14.30-generic 4.4.5
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-14-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Mar 22 10:13:34 2016
  Dependencies:
   gcc-6-base 6-20160319-0ubuntu1
   libc6 2.23-0ubuntu1
   libgcc1 1:6-20160319-0ubuntu1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-30 (1391 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  SourcePackage: glibc
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-02-13 (37 days ago)

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