Bug 8451 - Hitting ^c causes "panic: Invalid file pointer"
Summary: Hitting ^c causes "panic: Invalid file pointer"
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mailx
Version: 6.1
Hardware: alpha
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Florian La Roche
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-01-13 19:10 UTC by frederick.a.niles.1
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-04 15:12:47 UTC
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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.
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