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Re: 1.7.5: vim SEGV on write of /etc/hosts
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 09:35:24AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>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.
Did you reinstall Windows too? Just curious.
cgf
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