Re: zsh-3.1.7 broken on IRIX

Re: zsh-3.1.7 broken on IRIX

[Peter Stephenson]

Helmut wrote:
> I have now regenerated zsh-3.1.7 from the tarball
> with CFLAGS=-g
> 
> Now it doesn't segfault BUT
> at startup I get
> 
> /usr/PRIVATE/etc/zshenv:1: not an identifier: 
> /usr/people/jarausch/.zshenv:10: not an identifier: 
> /usr/people/jarausch/.zshrc:1: not an identifier: 
> 
> I have attached these files
> 
> then
> 
> ls -xF gives
> hangeLog       ChangeLog.3.0   Completion/     Config/         Doc/
> Etc/            Functions/      INSTALL         LICENCE         META-FAQ
> Makefile        Makefile.bck    Makefile.in     Misc/           README
> Src/            StartupFiles/   Test/           Util/           acconfig.h
> aclocal.m4      aczsh.m4        config.cache    config.guess*   config.h
> config.h.bck    config.h.in     config.log      config.status*  config.sub*
> configure*      configure.in    install-sh*     mkinstalldirs*  so_locations
> stamp-h         stamp-h.in
> 
> Note the subdirectory Test/
> 
> Then
> numa1% cd Test 
> cd: string not in pwd: Test
> 
> So, it's very strange here.

Looks like it's related to bad NULL-termination of strings somehow.  Does
this suggest anything to anybody?  We used to have lots of problems with
signed to unsigned character conversions, too, but usually only with
eight-bit characters.

Do you get similar behaviour with both gcc and the native compiler?
Is anyone else using Irix?

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RE: zsh-3.1.7 broken on IRIX

[Andrej Borsenkow]

> On May 31,  4:32pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> } Subject: Re: zsh-3.1.7 broken on IRIX
> }
> } Looks like this is the last major problem gone.  I frankly can't be
> } bothered to go through all the hassle of making another version
> } immediately.  If I feel stronger I'll make 3.1.8 in the
> next few days.
> } But it'll just mean something else comes out of the woodwork.
>
> How about if we collectively avoid making any more changes, other than
> to fix really serious bugs, between now and next Monday?
>

What about creating  ZSH_4_0 branch and putting current code there? Then
HEAD would be available for normal ongoing development and "production"
code will be freezed.

-andrej

Re: zsh-3.1.7 broken on IRIX

[Peter Stephenson]

Bart wrote:
> How about if we collectively avoid making any more changes, other than
> to fix really serious bugs, between now and next Monday?

Sounds OK to me.

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Cambridge Silicon Radio, Unit 300, Science Park, Milton Road,
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Re: zsh-3.1.7 broken on IRIX

[Bart Schaefer]

On May 31,  4:32pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
} Subject: Re: zsh-3.1.7 broken on IRIX
}
} Looks like this is the last major problem gone.  I frankly can't be
} bothered to go through all the hassle of making another version
} immediately.  If I feel stronger I'll make 3.1.8 in the next few days.
} But it'll just mean something else comes out of the woodwork.

How about if we collectively avoid making any more changes, other than
to fix really serious bugs, between now and next Monday?

-- 
Bart Schaefer                                 Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts              http://www.brasslantern.com

Zsh: http://www.zsh.org | PHPerl Project: http://phperl.sourceforge.net   

Re: zsh-3.1.7 broken on IRIX

[Peter Stephenson]

Helmut wrote:
> Strangely enough the error has gone now.
> The only explanation I have is that I 
> stopped the old version of zsh in all
> active xterms and started again.
> 
> It seems IRIX has mixed dynamic libraries.

Looks like this is the last major problem gone.  I frankly can't be
bothered to go through all the hassle of making another version
immediately.  If I feel stronger I'll make 3.1.8 in the next few days.
But it'll just mean something else comes out of the woodwork.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@cambridgesiliconradio.com>
Cambridge Silicon Radio, Unit 300, Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0XL, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070