Public bug reported: vim will crash using this trivial example (note carefully the amount of whitespace). Name it blah.rb.
def a hij_klmn(v) #foo end The file in base64 is ZGVmIGEKICBoaWpfa2xtbih2KSAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICNmb28KZW5kCg== It will crash when using the default vimrc ( vim -u /etc/vim/vimrc blah.rb ), but not when you use no vimrc ( vim -u NONE blah.rb ). The crash: Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV Vim: Finished. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: vim-nox 2:7.4.000-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Mar 3 15:14:19 2014 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vim.nox ExecutableTimestamp: 1376267020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-04 (119 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdline: vim blah.rb ProcCwd: /home/jake Signal: 11 SourcePackage: vim StacktraceTop: ?? () ?? () ?? () ?? () ?? () Title: vim.nox crashed with SIGSEGV UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo ** Affects: vim (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-crash need-amd64-retrace saucy ** Information type changed from Private to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287400 Title: vim.nox crashed with SIGSEGV on ruby file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/1287400/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs