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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/mg/search.c,v
retrieving revision 1.27
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -r1.27 -r1.28
--- src/usr.bin/mg/search.c	2005/12/13 06:01:27	1.27
+++ src/usr.bin/mg/search.c	2006/02/03 13:57:03	1.28
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: search.c,v 1.27 2005/12/13 06:01:27 kjell Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: search.c,v 1.28 2006/02/03 13:57:03 otto Exp $	*/
 
 /* This file is in the public domain. */
 
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@
 			clp = curwp->w_dotp;
 			cbo = curwp->w_doto;
 			firstc = 1;
+			if (pptr == -1)
+				pptr = 0;
 			if (dir == SRCH_BACK) {
 				/* when isearching backwards, cbo is the start of the pattern */
 				cbo += pptr;