Re: user/3769: vi -r <filename> segfaults

["Todd C. Miller" <Todd_(_dot_)_Miller_(_at_)_courtesan_(_dot_)_com>]

The following reply was made to PR user/3769; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd_(_dot_)_Miller_(_at_)_courtesan_(_dot_)_com>
To: matthiasb_(_at_)_acm_(_dot_)_org
Cc: gnats_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
Subject: Re: user/3769: vi -r <filename> segfaults 
Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 14:48:35 -0600

 The problem is that the recovery files were in an inconsistent
 (corrupted) state and so the db routines crash and burn.  There's
 not much that can be done about this due to vi's use of the db
 routines.
 
 It would be nice to have a way to pass the O_SYNC flag to the
 underlying database but there is no way to do so.  Yes, this is
 very annoying.
 
  - todd