vi(1) bug - defunct processes

[pri=-10 Steve Paddock]

>The symptom:  Every time you pass a piece of an open file through a
>filter (e.g., 'spell', 'filter' etc) using the ! <cursor-move> operator,
>'vi' leaves the process it used hanging <defunct> in the system,

Also present in 3B2/600 R3.1.1
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