Subject: bin/21896: /bin/mail or vi problem: ~v with vi no longer works with /bin/mail
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <itojun@itojun.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/16/2003 11:36:20
>Number: 21896
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: /bin/mail or vi problem: ~v with vi no longer works with /bin/mail
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Jun 16 02:37:01 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
>Release: NetBSD 1.6T
>Organization:
itojun.org
>Environment:
System: NetBSD starfruit.itojun.org 1.6T NetBSD 1.6T (STARFRUIT) #109: Fri Jun 6 15:10:50 JST 2003 itojun@starfruit.itojun.org:/home/itojun/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/STARFRUIT i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
vi does not like ~v from /bin/mail. it worked before (i used this
a lot), i donno if it was because of vi change or mail change.
>How-To-Repeat:
itojun[starfruit:/home/itojun] mail itojun
Subject:
~v
ex/vi: Vi's standard input and output must be a terminal
Fatal error in process.
(continue)
^C
(Interrupt -- one more to kill letter)
^Citojun[starfruit:/home/itojun] tty
/dev/ttyp4
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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