From p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk  Mon Apr 14 12:41:54 2003
From: p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Date: Mon Apr 14 11:40:39 2003
Subject: [Rd] ctl-D, cancel, ctl-D yields seg fault (PR#2773)
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robert_dodier@yahoo.com writes:

> Full_Name: Robert Dodier
> Version: 1.2.0  (2000-12-15)
> OS: RH Linux 7.1
> Submission from: (NULL) (128.138.88.127)

I know we've been having mailing list delays, but this looks a bit
extreme. R-1.2.0 is almost two and a half years old! 

It's not happening with 1.6.2 (although it is still possible to tease
the system enough that you exit R with the terminal in noecho mode).
 
> 
> If I start up R and just do:
> 
> > <ctl-D>
> Save workspace image? [y/n/c]: c
> > <ctl-D>
> 
> then R segfaults.

> Also, <ctl-D> followed by 'y' or 'n' exits without segfault.
> 
> I searched the bug archive but I didn't find this
> bug, so here it is. 

Sometimes we do fix bugs without someone reporting them first... It
should have been in the NEWS file though, but I can't find it there.

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[Rd] ctl-D, cancel, ctl-D yields seg fault (PR#2773)
Peter Dalgaard BSA