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Date:      Thu,  7 Sep 2000 02:50:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      lfrigault@teaser.fr
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/21089: vi silently corrupt open file on SIGINT when entering :wq in command mode
Message-ID:  <20000907095034.E8B8037B422@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         21089
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       vi silently corrupt open file on SIGINT when entering :wq in command mode
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Sep 07 03:00:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Laurent Frigault
>Release:        4.1-STABLE
>Organization:
France Teaser
>Environment:
FreeBSD becile.teaser.fr 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #12: Mon Aug 21 20:26:08 CEST 2000     lfrigault@becile.teaser.fr:/usr/src/sys/compile/BECILE  i386
>Description:
The version of vi that come with FreeBSD 4.1 can silently corrupt files
on SIGINT when typing :wq in command mode
>How-To-Repeat:
1/ open a file (~70K)
2/ in command mode enter :wq without validating with return
3/ in an other term, killall -INT vi
4/ vi terminate silently and the file is corrupted.
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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