vi -x encryption bug
flint at gistdev.UUCP
flint at gistdev.UUCP
Sat May 20 04:21:00 AEST 1989
I believe this represents a bug in vi:
Create a normal ascii text file with vi.
Enter it with "vi -x file" on the un-encrypted file.
Use ! to run a command on part of the file and it works fine: the command
invoked by ! is fed un-encrypted data. Save the file so that now it is
encrypted.
Now do a "vi -x file" on the encrypted file, and try to use ! again: the
command invoked with ! is fed encrypted data, and the returned result is
garbage. What gets fed to the ! command ought to always be unencrypted
information.
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