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[graingert]

https://github.com/w0rp/ale/issues/1536#issuecomment-385056702
upstream bug https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/2612

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Apr 30 14:16:35 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-17 (347 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
SourcePackage: vim
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-26 (3 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[w0rp (devw0rp)]

It would be nice if someone could update the Vim package and fix this issue. Patch 1476 fixes this bug, and it was broken in patch 1449, which is just a little bit before the patch the Bionic package uses.

[Nick Moffitt (nick-moffitt)]

It seems like this wants a re-sync from Debian.

[w0rp (devw0rp)]

I've been getting bug reports for 5 months because a broken Vim patch was pulled into Debian. It would be nice if someone could update the package.

[antgel (antgel)]

Please update the package! It breaks vim for ale users, which surely make up a significant percentage of serious users.

[Yariv Barkan (yarivbarkan)]

Could you backport the fix to the 18.04 LTS? This is super annoying for vim users.

[Sajaysurya Ganesh (sajaysurya)]

+1 for adding the fix to 18.04 LTS

[Steffen Banhardt (steffenbanhardt)]

Will there be a backport? This is really annoying...

[Artem (enorone)]

1 for adding the fix to 18.04 LTS. When will it be fixed?

[Roman Kovtyukh (hellodeargrandma)]

We need it.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Further to comment #3:

Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) reached end-of-standard-support on May 31, 2023.

All currently supported releases as of today's date, that is focal and later, include this patch so I'm closing this bug report as being fixed.