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bug in vi on linux

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Message #8 received at 16718 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Allan McRae <allan <at> archlinux.org>
To: Cheng Ong <Cheng.Ong <at> brisbane.qld.gov.au>, 16718 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16718: bug in vi on linux
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:38:22 +1000

On 11/02/14 12:02, Cheng Ong wrote:
> Just encountered a bug in VI.
> Editing file 'x' using vi, when done, content of file 'x' was saved as well in file 'y'.
> File 'y' has no relation to file 'x' and is sitting in a different directory.
> Only relation was file 'x' was created through a cp command from file 'y'.
> Now changes made either on file 'y' or 'x' appear in both files.

Are you sure that they are not symbolic or hard links?  I.e. made using
'cp -s' or 'cp -l'?

Allan

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