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From: lm@mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy)
Subject: [TUHS] SYSTEM V R1 HELP
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:21:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171223002146.GS17720@mcvoy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1712231114230.27626@aneurin.horsfall.org>

On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 11:19:30AM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2017, Random832 wrote:
> 
> >I've got it. The problem is with putc (actually _flsbuf), and it is
> >precisely *because* stderr is unbuffered.
> >
> >#define putc(x, p)	(--(p)->_cnt >= 0 ? \
> >			((int) (*(p)->_ptr++ = (unsigned char) (x))) : \
> >			_flsbuf((unsigned char) (x), (p)))
> 
> [...]
> 
> That, sir, is one brilliant piece of analysis; well done!  Of course, in
> hindsight it's bleedin' obvious :-)

I'm curious as to which release of System V fixed this.  The SVR4 was the
release that gained (some) traction, was it busted until then?


  reply	other threads:[~2017-12-23  0:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-21 22:12 William Corcoran
2017-12-21 22:30 ` Clem Cole
2017-12-22  0:34   ` William Corcoran
2017-12-22  1:51     ` William Corcoran
2017-12-22  1:54       ` William Corcoran
2017-12-22  2:55       ` Random832
2017-12-22  3:47         ` William Corcoran
2017-12-22  9:09           ` Random832
2017-12-22 12:42             ` William Corcoran
2017-12-22 23:48             ` William Corcoran
2017-12-23  0:19             ` Dave Horsfall
2017-12-23  0:21               ` Larry McVoy [this message]
2017-12-23 12:26                 ` Clem cole
2017-12-22 15:04       ` Clem Cole
2017-12-22  1:55     ` Random832

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