Subject: bin/4150: Ctrl-C and Mail
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Wailer <banshee@gabriella.abattoir.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/25/1997 01:01:21
>Number: 4150
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: ^C mail abort only works once.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 25 01:05:02 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Wailer
>Organization:
The Wailer at the Gates of Dawn / banshee@resort.com |
Just who ARE you calling a FROOFROO Head? / |
DoD#0667 "Just a friend of the beast." | http://www.resort.com/~banshee/ |
2,3,5,7,13,17,19,31,61,89,107,127,521,607....\ Port and Absinthe |
>Release: mail sources of July 9th
>Environment:
System: NetBSD gabriella.abattoir.com 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (GABRIELLA2) #0: Tue Sep 16 16:56:29 PDT 1997 banshee@gabriella.abattoir.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GABRIELLA2 i386
>Description:
Aborting mail with ctrl-C only works once per session.
>How-To-Repeat:
% mail
Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help.
& 1 <--- read some mail
Message 1:
From banshee Thu Sep 25 00:55:05 1997
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 00:55:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Wailer <banshee>
To: banshee
Subject: mail here
& R <--- hit reply
To: banshee
Subject: Re: mail here
^C
(Interrupt -- one more to kill letter)
^C& R <--- hit reply again
To: banshee
Subject: Re: mail here
^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C <--- hit ctrl-c all you want
>Fix:
unknown. this is the newest of my signal gripes with mail.
the other is the eternal ^Z / pager core dump issue.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: