Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 08:30:02 GMT From: Marc Olzheim <marcolz@stack.nl> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/3170: vi freaks and dump core if user doesn't exist Message-ID: <200805270830.m4R8U2UE091343@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/3170; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Marc Olzheim <marcolz@stack.nl> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@fenron.com> Cc: Marc Olzheim <marcolz@stack.nl>, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/3170: vi freaks and dump core if user doesn't exist Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 10:27:11 +0200 On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:44:27AM -0700, Bill Fenner wrote: > It's easy to fail to reproduce it. Many people have successfully not > reproduced it. Reproducing it requires following the precise steps I > describe, and many people trying to reproduce it skip some steps or > don't do precisely the same thing, resulting in a non-reproduction. > However, since I have reproduced it on 4.0, 5.0, and can still > reproduce it, using the steps I supplied, on 6.2, can we agree that it > still exists in 6.2? Well, the missing information seems to have to do with the terminal. I managed to reproduce it now. The step that's missing in the description, is that this only seems to happen on a virtual terminal on console. At least, I still haven't reproduced it on any other terminal (emulator). Apologies, Mark, for missing the award. ;-) Marc
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