Package: sensible-utils Version: 0.0.6 Followup-For: Bug #390580 I experienced the consequences of this bug today, more than four years after it got reported. Perhaps something like the attached patch might help?
-- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.utf-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- no debconf information -- time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana
--- /usr/bin/sensible-editor 2010-11-26 00:40:18.000000000 +0000 +++ sensible-editor 2011-03-21 06:57:36.292643666 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ #!/bin/sh +if [[ $0 == *sensible-editor ]]; then + echo -e "Please DO NOT set the \$EDITOR environment variable to \"$0\",\nfor it will call this script in an endless loop and your system might \nrun out of resources." 1>&2 + exit 1 +fi + ret="$?" if [ -n "$VISUAL" ]; then
