Package: nano
Version: 2.7.4-1
Severity: normal
File: /bin/nano
Dear maintainer,
I think that I have found a bug in GNU nano from the stable branch. If a normal
user (not root) tries to open nano with more than one file at once, for which
the current user (who executes nano) does not have write permissions, then the
files will be opened, but very slowly. If you pass, for example, 10 filenames
as argument, it takes about 10 seconds until you can edit the first file.
For example, create a new directory with some files somewhere in the file
system (in this example, I'll use $HOME):
cd && mkdir demo && cd demo && touch {1,2,3,4,5,6}.test && chmod 444
*.test
Now try to open all files at once for which you doesn't have write permissions
because of chmod 444:
nano *
You'll notice, that the files are opened, but very slowly. Now change the
permissions back to 644 (so that the current user has write permissions) and do
it again (or use sudo nano *). You'll notice, that the problem doesn't appear
if the user has write permissions:
chmod 644 *.test && nano *
This is my first bug report. I hope that I have explained everything correctly
and that it helps you. Many Thanks!
Thomas \(o_o)/
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages nano depends on:
ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u1
ii libncursesw5 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u1
ii libtinfo5 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5
nano recommends no packages.
Versions of packages nano suggests:
pn spell <none>
-- no debconf information
