[BusyBox 0003264]: less ends in last_modifying_cmd overrun

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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=3264 
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Reported By:                Reiner
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   3264
Category:                   Other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             05-07-2008 03:55 PDT
Last Modified:              05-07-2008 23:07 PDT
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Summary:                    less ends in last_modifying_cmd overrun
Description: 
Hello,
I have the following problem:
  less test.log                 --> ok
  cat test.log | busybox less   --> ok
  cat test.log | less           --> last_modifying_cmd overrun
After this call the shell isn't usable anymore. 
I've tried this with busybox versions 1.9.1, 1.9.2 and 1.10.1. 
All the same.

Any Idea what is going wrong?
Regards
Reiner 
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 vda - 05-07-08 05:22  
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last_modifying_cmd is a static variable in vi.c, I have no idea what you
mean by

"cat test.log | less --> last_modifying_cmd overrun"

in this context. How cat, or less, can affect or be affected by
last_modifying_cmd? 

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 Reiner - 05-07-08 23:07  
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when I try the following command on the console
    cat test.log | less
it seems that less is started and tried to display the content of the file
test.log. 
But it dosn't show the content. I only see the line "last_modifying_cmd
overrun" and I can not leave less again. 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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05-07-08 03:55  Reiner         New Issue                                    
05-07-08 03:55  Reiner         Status                   new => assigned     
05-07-08 03:55  Reiner         Assigned To               => BusyBox         
05-07-08 03:57  Reiner         Issue Monitored: Reiner                      
05-07-08 05:22  vda            Note Added: 0007464                          
05-07-08 23:07  Reiner         Note Added: 0007504                          
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