[Bug 1266413] Re: messages seen when using vi or vim

[Breno Leitão]

I just tested it on my power7+ machine and I don't see this problem. I
am wondering if your viminfo didn't get corrupted.

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Title:
  messages seen when using vi or vim

Status in “vim” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Descriptions:

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  When using vi or vim editor on the ubuntu guest, The following messages are observed :
  E576: viminfo: Missing '>' in line:
  E576: viminfo: Missing '>' in line:
  Press ENTER or type command to continue

  This happens both when editing and when quitting.

  Environment:
  Host: Power8
  Guest : ubuntu hosted on Power8

  Command line to spawn the ubuntu guest:
  qemu-system-ppc64 -enable-kvm -M pseries -cpu POWER8 -smp 1 -m 10G -nographic -nodefaults -monitor stdio -serial pty -append "root=/dev/sda" -kernel trusty-server-cloudimg-ppc64el-vmlinuz-generic -device spapr-vscsi -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=6c:ae:8b:69:16:11 -netdev bridge,br=virbr0,id=net0 -drive file=trusty-server-cloudimg-ppc64el.img.qcow2

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