[Bug 2062968] Re: mc (Midnight commander) not opening/navigating archives by enter

[Juerg Haefliger]

Oracular is partially affected. It can't handle .mo files.

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Title:
  mc (Midnight commander) not opening/navigating archives by enter

Status in Midnight Commander:
  Fix Released
Status in mc package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in mc source package in Noble:
  Confirmed
Status in mc source package in Oracular:
  New

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  In ubuntu 24.04 mc (Midnight commander) not opening/navigating
  archives by enter.

  Probably need update to 4.8.31 version according to this post:
  https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/3467#discussioncomment-8265535

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: mc 3:4.8.30-1build2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-28.28-generic 6.8.1
  Uname: Linux 6.8.0-28-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Apr 20 16:38:56 2024
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-04-19 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Beta amd64 (20240418)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: mc
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

  [ Test Plan ]

  Navigate to an archive, press ENTER, verify archive is opened and
  content is displayed properly.

  [ Where Problems Could Occur ]

  The patch modifies the config file mc.ext.in so theoretically other
  config settings might get messed up, if the patch is incorrect.

  [ Other Info ]

  Patch is pulled from here:
  https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mc/-/commit/daeabd910de6868140272e365f755d207a986e39

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