Subject: bin/9337: vi recovery coredump
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <mcuddy@fensende.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/02/2000 15:36:42
>Number:         9337
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       vi coredumped and left bogus recovery file (which causes coredump)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb  2 15:36:01 2000
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mike Cuddy
>Organization:
	CyberMiser, Inc.
>Release:        Version 1.66 (5/18/96) The CSRG, University of California, Berkeley.
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD scrooge.cybermiser.com 1.4 NetBSD 1.4 (SCROOGE) #0: Wed Jul 14 19:21:16 PDT 1999 elric@scrooge.cybermiser.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/SCROOGE i386


>Description:
	I was editing in vi, and undid a long string of undo's.  vi tossed 
	it's cookies and sent me the std. recovery mail.  doing a "vi -r"
	and giving the name of the recovery file causes a further core dump.

	I've put up the recovery files on my web site for whomever is 
	interested in fixing this problem.

	http://www.fensende.com/Users/mcuddy/vicore.tar.gz
	(~7KB)

>How-To-Repeat:
	Problem appears random, but mostly after a large number of undo's

>Fix:
	
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: