Theo Buehler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 10:31:51AM +0100, Larry Hynes wrote: > > Hi > > > > $ env | grep LESS > > LESSHISTFILE=- > > LESS="-i -M -R -g -c" > > LESSCHARSET=utf-8 > > > > $ unset LESS > > $ unset LESSCHARSET > > $ unset LESSHISTFILE > > > > $ LESS="-g" > > $ echo 'foo\nbar\nfoo\nbar\nfoo\nbar' | less > > > > While in less, '/' to search, then '^N', or '!', to search for lines > > which do NOT match the pattern, entering foo<CR> results in a seg > > fault. > > > > This is on amd64. > > Thanks for the report. Of course you want 'export LESS="-g"' here, > otherwise less(1) won't use the -g flag which is crucial for this crash.
Ah. I've set 'allexport', so missed that; sorry. > I don't have a fix, but maybe this helps a bit: Anton's patches to pattern.c and search.c are working here so far.
