On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:12:19AM +0200, Erik Schanze wrote: > if I set $EDITOR to sensible-editor, then I will get a fork bomb if I > call $EDITOR in a shell. It forks itself untill free memory is empty. > > test it: > $> export $EDITOR=sensible-editor > $> $EDITOR > > Under X in a console window you will have no chance to kill it. Only > hard reset will help. > In a terminal console it is possible. > > Please add checks to prevent this misbehaviour.
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