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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: less 436-1 segfault in both XP & NT; less 382-1 works fine
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 01:18:49PM -0700, Eric P. Smith wrote:
>I've just installed the latest cygwin base system to a clean, fully  
>updated Windows XP running in Virtual PC on my Mac. Things appear to  
>be working fine except for consistent reproducible errors with less  
>(436-1). Here are some sample results:
>
>$ less   -->   Missing filename ("less --help" for help)   [as expected]
>$ less --help   -->   Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>$ ls -l /usr/bin | less   -->   Segmentation fault (core dumped)

WJFFM in standard Windows XP.  Sorry but I'm not going to track down
a Mac and Virtual PC to debug this problem.

cgf

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