Ex/Vi (3.6) bug

utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!npoiv!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!inuxa!stevens utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!npoiv!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!inuxa!stevens
Fri Apr 29 15:09:58 AEST 1983


Does anyone know what the fix is for the following bug in ex/vi
version 3.6?

	From inuxc!ixn5c!ihps3!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!crh Tue Oct  5
	17:06:56 1982
	Newsgroups: net.bugs
	Subject: vi bugs
	Article-ID: net.bugs/24
	Status: RO

	An even more serious vi bug.  Try typing in a file from
	scratch, and then before writing, do a '/' command that fails.
	If you then 'ZZ', the file isn't saved and you will lose
	everything!

-- Scott Stevens
-- American Bell, Indianapolis
-- UUCP: inuxa!stevens
-- ARPA: inuxa!stevens at purdue



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