Re: vim doesn't like the command line

[Joseph A. Nagy, Jr.]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 11:36:54PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote the following:
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:44:16 -0400 (EDT) augustus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> | This is odd but it seems that vim 6.3 does not function properly with 
> | kernel 2.6.8-rc1.  It will not take command line arguement filenames. 
> | No matter what you pass it, it always goes to the file browser.  This
> | is not the case with 2.6.7 kernels.  Any ideas?  I have attached my
> | kernel .config.
> 
> I've been trying to track this down as well. Kinda tricky, since it
> WORKSFORME(TM). The following may be of help to you:
> 
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57378
> 
> Basically, argv is getting nuked by something.
> 
> Seems rebuilding without a -march in CFLAGS fixes it for some people,
> reason unknown...
> 
> -- 
> Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Sparc, MIPS, Vim, Fluxbox)
> Mail            : ciaranm at gentoo.org
> Web             : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
> 

With a $40/person insurance payment (if the box is totally nuked and requires
a reinstall), I'd be willing to give shell accounts (with root access) to
anyone who wants to check out my environment and try some tweaking.

If the box doesn't get nuked the $40 will be returned to each person.

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