In addition, the segfault only occurs if /etc/hosts is specified on the command line. This works:
vi :e /etc/hosts :w :q -- Jeremy Hetzler On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Jeremy Hetzler <jeremyhetz...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have noticed this problem as well. > > - "vi /etc/hosts": segfaults > - "vi /c/Windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts": works > - "cd $HOME; ln -s /c/Windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts foo; vi foo": works > > I get similar behavior with the other symlinks in /etc. > > CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 box 1.7.9(0.237/5/3) 2011-03-29 10:10 i686 Cygwin > Windows 7 x64 > > -- > Jeremy Hetzler > -- > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Andrew DeFaria > <andrew.defa...@tellabs.com> wrote: >> >> Just started happening recently: >> >> $ vi /etc/hosts >> :wq >> $ vi /etc/hosts >> :w >> Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV >> >> Vim: Finished. >> Segmentation fault >> -- >> Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com> >> Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be "recalled" by their maker.% >> >> -- >> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
