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Re: |& loses data (buffering bug?)



On 2004-02-13 11:33:48 -0600, Vincent wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:15:05PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Contents from stdout have been lost here. The problem occurs either
> > with less or with grep; for instance, a "cvs status |& grep Status"
> > gave:
[...]
> > Is it a bug from zsh (I'm using zsh 4.0.9) or from cvs?
> 
> That is weird.  It looks to me like you might be encountering YALKB
> (Yet Another Linux Kernel Bug) :-).

No, it has been confirmed that this is a cvs bug. For more information,
see bug #228458 on the Debian BTS.

> I just tested the "cvs status |& grep Status" command on FreeBSD
> with zsh-4.1.1 and get no data loss.

The bug occurs only when using ":ext:" over ssh.

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