[Slackbuilds-users] xdotool-4.20251130.1

[Jim]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 15:59 (-0500), B. Watson wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Jan 2026, Jim wrote:

>> But when I move the mouse to another window, I am rewarded with
>> x:914 y:420 screen:0 window:20971529
>> double free or corruption (out)
>> zsh: IOT instruction (core dumped)  xdotool search --onlyvisible . behave %@ mouse-enter getmouselocation

> Confirmed, I get the same thing (minus the mention of zsh) here.

You should give zsh a try.  You'll like it.  ;-)

> That's with xdotool-4.20251130.1.

>> I'm using fvwm3.  Any other xdotool users who would care to try this
>> example and report whether it crashes for them (and, in case it has
>> something to do with window manager choice, which WM you are using)?

> I use Slackware 15.0 with WindowMaker. I also tried it in XFCE and got
> the same result.

> I also tried downgrading xdotool to 3.20211022.1 and still got the
> same result. Since it's an example copied straight from the man
> page, I have to assume it worked at one time, in *some* version of
> xdotool...  so you might call it a regression if you report it.

Thanks for the very fast response.  I opened an issue, but since there are
291 open issues and 34 waiting pull requests, I guess that no-one should
hold their breath.  :-)

Cheers.
                                Jim