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+To: vim-dev@vim.org
+Subject: patch 7.0.179
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.0.179
+Problem:    Using ":recover" or "vim -r" without a swapfile crashes Vim.
+Solution:   Check for "buf" to be unequal NULL. (Yukihiro Nakadaira)
+Files:	    src/memline.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.0.178/src/memline.c	Tue Nov 21 20:57:21 2006
+--- src/memline.c	Tue Jan  9 14:33:44 2007
+***************
+*** 1329,1336 ****
+  	    mf_put(mfp, hp, FALSE, FALSE);
+  	mf_close(mfp, FALSE);	    /* will also vim_free(mfp->mf_fname) */
+      }
+!     vim_free(buf->b_ml.ml_stack);
+!     vim_free(buf);
+      if (serious_error && called_from_main)
+  	ml_close(curbuf, TRUE);
+  #ifdef FEAT_AUTOCMD
+--- 1329,1339 ----
+  	    mf_put(mfp, hp, FALSE, FALSE);
+  	mf_close(mfp, FALSE);	    /* will also vim_free(mfp->mf_fname) */
+      }
+!     if (buf != NULL)
+!     {
+! 	vim_free(buf->b_ml.ml_stack);
+! 	vim_free(buf);
+!     }
+      if (serious_error && called_from_main)
+  	ml_close(curbuf, TRUE);
+  #ifdef FEAT_AUTOCMD
+*** ../vim-7.0.178/src/version.c	Tue Dec  5 22:09:02 2006
+--- src/version.c	Tue Jan  9 14:35:59 2007
+***************
+*** 668,669 ****
+--- 668,671 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     179,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict:
+10. And even your night dreams are in HTML.
+
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