This patch originates from the Debian project, see https://www.debian.org/

15search_word.dpatch by  Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>


Fix {^A} command. (End-of-word was not included in search regexp leading to
false positives.)

--- nvi-1.81.6.orig/vi/v_search.c	2007-11-18 11:41:42.000000000 -0500
+++ nvi-1.81.6/vi/v_search.c	2009-03-05 15:37:37.000000000 -0500
@@ -322,16 +322,17 @@
 v_searchw(SCR *sp, VICMD *vp)
 {
 	size_t blen, len;
+	size_t olen = STRLEN(VIP(sp)->keyw);
 	int rval;
 	CHAR_T *bp, *p;
 
-	len = VIP(sp)->klen + RE_WSTART_LEN + RE_WSTOP_LEN;
+	len = olen + RE_WSTART_LEN + RE_WSTOP_LEN;
 	GET_SPACE_RETW(sp, bp, blen, len);
 	MEMCPY(bp, RE_WSTART, RE_WSTART_LEN); 
 	p = bp + RE_WSTART_LEN;
-	MEMCPY(p, VIP(sp)->keyw, VIP(sp)->klen);
-	p += VIP(sp)->klen;
+	MEMCPY(p, VIP(sp)->keyw, olen);
+	p += olen;
 	MEMCPY(p, RE_WSTOP, RE_WSTOP_LEN); 
 
 	rval = v_search(sp, vp, bp, len, SEARCH_SET, FORWARD);