According to Arto Huusko:
>
>I had no trouble with that (or with vi, anyway) on 1.4.2 but once I
>upgraded to 1.5, vi segfaults on startup. Immediately.
>

OK - I think I have nailed this bug.  Please apply the below patch in
/usr/src/lib/libcurses directory, make and make install the patched
library.

>
>I'm including the termcap entry here, if someone could help...
>The thing I most wonder about, is the fact that everything was so nice
>under 1.4.2.
>

The curses library underwent some significant changes between 1.4 and
1.5, it is odd that this bug was not picked up sooner.

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Index: getch.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/basesrc/lib/libcurses/getch.c,v
retrieving revision 1.29.4.3
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -r1.29.4.3 -r1.33
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< /*	$NetBSD: getch.c,v 1.29.4.3 2000/09/29 12:33:52 itojun Exp $	*/
---
> /*	$NetBSD: getch.c,v 1.33 2001/01/10 14:02:32 blymn Exp $	*/
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< __RCSID("$NetBSD: getch.c,v 1.29.4.3 2000/09/29 12:33:52 itojun Exp $");
---
> __RCSID("$NetBSD: getch.c,v 1.33 2001/01/10 14:02:32 blymn Exp $");
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< 	if (current->mapping[(unsigned) chr] < 0) {
---
> 	if (current->mapping[(unsigned char) chr] < 0) {
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< 		current->mapping[(unsigned) chr] = current->count;	/* map new entry */
---
> 		current->mapping[(unsigned char) chr] = current->count;	/* map new entry */
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< 		the_key = current->key[current->mapping[(unsigned) chr]];
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> 		the_key = current->key[current->mapping[(unsigned char) chr]];
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< 					(unsigned) entry[j]];
---
> 					(unsigned char) entry[j]];



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Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, BAE SYSTEMS
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