Bug 20432 – mailx-8.1.1-16 security fix messes up backspace key

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Bug 20432 - mailx-8.1.1-16 security fix messes up backspace key

Summary:	mailx-8.1.1-16 security fix messes up backspace key

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	mailx (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Florian La Roche
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Reported:	2000-11-06 13:47 EST by Need Real Name
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:29 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2002-12-14 22:22:01 EST
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Description Need Real Name 2000-11-06 13:47:30 EST

Intalled the mailx-8.1.1-16 security fix, seems like the
new "short list" of environment variables mailx now looks
at is a little too short, and terminal config info isn't
being seen by mailx. Practical result is that pressing the
backspace key at the & prompt prints junk instead of doing
a backspace operation -- one must literally type control-H
now to do a backspace. The shell and all other apps still
handle backspace fine, as does other RedHat machines with
older mailx's. FYI, I think this alias is what's setting
up the behavior of interest here (ts gets run in .login) ...

alias   ts      'set noglob ; eval `tset -Q -s -e^H -k^U  \!*`'

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