X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4C220D9C.2000508@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:35:24 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7.5: vim SEGV on write of /etc/hosts References: <4C212153.8010804@acm.org> <27D7F4C907BCB14FAF95CC4E25AB1FE6AF5575@ex2.AdBriteInc.local> <20100623071940.GJ8163@calimero.vinschen.de> In-reply-to: <20100623071940.GJ8163@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 6/23/2010 3:19 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Jun 22 14:17, Bill Ross wrote: >> Whenever I vi /etc/hosts and write a change I get >> >> -bash-3.2$ vi /etc/hosts >> Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV >> >> Tho the change gets written ok. It seems to have started with 1.7.5. No >> problem seen with other files. > > No such problem here. Can you create an strace, please? > > Btw., your /etc/group file needs regenerating. FWIW, I just updated (though vim didn't need it) via 'setup.exe' to get everything current and I can't reproduce this problem anymore. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple