From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6479 invoked from network); 16 Jun 1999 15:43:36 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 16 Jun 1999 15:43:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 2645 invoked by alias); 16 Jun 1999 15:43:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 2391 Received: (qmail 2638 invoked from network); 16 Jun 1999 15:43:10 -0000 From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <990616154246.ZM1576@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 15:42:46 +0000 In-Reply-To: Comments: In reply to Oliver Grimm "PROMPT" (Jun 16, 11:27am) References: X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: Oliver Grimm Subject: Re: PROMPT Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Jun 16, 11:27am, Oliver Grimm wrote: } Subject: PROMPT } } I do have a strange problem with the PROMPT variable, persisting since } some time. After upgrading to Linux 6.1, the command } 'PROMPT Hallo' does not change the prompt anymore. } } Now, the version of zsh is 3.0 (dated 26 June 1996), but it seems } that it's not the fault of zsh, since on a different machine with the } same version of zsh (but not under Linux but Solaris Unix), this } does work properly. Did you recompile zsh after installing the new OS, or are you still running the old binary? I've had a number of strange problems when running older Linux binaries on my upgraded OS, including things like some of the libc string functions not working correctly -- neither the "par" paragraph-formatting package nor the old zmail beta that I'd been using as my mailer could parse text properly any more, and the slightly newer version of zmail that I'm using now is unable to get the correct timezone (you may note that my Date: headers say +0000, though they do contain the GMT it would be if I were instantly teleported to England). If `Linux 6.1' really does mean RedHat, you should install the zsh-3.0.5 RPM (and then carefully consider deleting the /etc/z* files) and let us know if the problem persists. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com