Bug#310852: vim

[Arne Anka]

Package: vim
Version: 1:6.3-072+1
Severity: important


suddenly the backspace-key does not delete reliable anymore.
opening a file and trying to delete to left by pressing backspace causes
the cursor only to go to left (if in non-edit-mode) or seems to be
ignored completely (in edit-mode). only text written in the current
session could be deleted with backspace.
this is at least a grave misbehaviour i before only observed in bullying
distributions like SuSE, but i consider it a grave bug as it decreased
the usability a lot!
i tested with vim -u NONE -U NONE and on my console the backspace works
as expected.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii  dpkg                        1.10.27      Package maintenance system  
for Deb
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared  
libraries an
ii  libgpmg1                    1.19.6-20    General Purpose Mouse -  
shared lib
ii  libncurses5                 5.4-4        Shared libraries for terminal  
hand
ii  vim-common                  1:6.3-072+1  Vi IMproved - Common files