Bug 8451

Summary:	Hitting ^c causes "panic: Invalid file pointer"
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	frederick.a.niles.1
Component:	mailx	Assignee:	Florian La Roche <laroche>
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Description frederick.a.niles.1 2000-01-13 19:10:40 UTC

Hitting Control-C while viewing large attachments using the pager
"more" causes "panic: Invalid file pointer"

To reproduce:

0) This only occurs on an Alpha
1) send a large attachment file to a an account
2) run "mail"
3) go down a few pages
4) Hit Control-C
-----> "panic: Invalid file pointer"

Work around:

"Don't do it" :)  Just hit 'q' to leave the pager.

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After run gdb on it I fear this is a glibc bug!

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2000-02-03 21:36:59 UTC

This is a stupid mailx bug. I will try and hack a fix in for now.

Comment 2 Elliot Lee 2000-02-03 21:41:59 UTC

Should be fixed in mailx-8.1.1-10

Comment 3 Elliot Lee 2000-02-04 15:12:59 UTC

Forgot to close it, last time.