Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:30:25 GMT From: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/99623: ksh93 dumps core on FBSD 6.1 Message-ID: <200606302330.k5UNUPa6092092@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/99623; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, drk1150@mindspring.com Cc: Subject: Re: ports/99623: ksh93 dumps core on FBSD 6.1 Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:27:57 -0700 This is a known in the 2006-02-14 version of ksh93 (i.e., Version M 1993-12-28 r. This problem exists on all platforms. The basic problem occurs when ksh starts operating interactively in an editing mode other than vi-mode and the user issues the set -o vi command interactively to change to vi-mode. The standard vi-mode setup does not get run and several pointers end up uninitialized, thus leading to very quick core dumps. To work around this problem, make sure that you select vi-mode in your .kshrc file before the shell starts operating interactively. This allows the shell to correctly initialize all pointers and avoid core dumps. The shell maintainers are aware of this problem and have promised a new bug-fix release shortly.
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