From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Oct 20 05:18:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA09590 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 05:18:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA09572 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 05:17:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1/Spinner) with ESMTP id UAA11514; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:16:22 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199810201216.UAA11514@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Bruce Evans cc: bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: amusing vi bug In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:58:38 +1000." <199810201058.UAA23848@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:16:22 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Bruce Evans wrote: > After > > umask 777 # silly season > rm -f /tmp/z > touch /tmp/z > vi /tmp/z > > vi recurses endlessly in file_open() and files up /tmp with temporary > files until the filesysem containing /tmp runs out of indodes or some > other limit is hit. Hmm.. mk[s]temp() bug in libc. > This may have been fixed. contrib/nvi is 8 versions out of date > (1.79 - 1.71). Eh? ":version" reports: Version 1.79 (10/23/96) The CSRG, University of California, Berkeley. > Bruce Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message