From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4002 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2004 15:16:50 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 9 Aug 2004 15:16:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 11437 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2004 15:16:44 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 9 Aug 2004 15:16:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 7928 invoked by alias); 9 Aug 2004 15:16:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20250 Received: (qmail 7918 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2004 15:16:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by 130.225.247.90 with SMTP; 9 Aug 2004 15:16:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 9583 invoked from network); 9 Aug 2004 15:14:32 -0000 Received: from lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (62.189.58.19) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 9 Aug 2004 15:14:29 -0000 Received: from MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (mailhost1.csr.com [62.189.183.235]) by lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id i79FETv00713 for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 15:14:29 GMT Received: from EXCHANGE02.csr.com (unverified [192.168.137.45]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id ; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:13:41 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com ([192.168.143.38]) by EXCHANGE02.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:16:53 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i79FERDf006082; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:14:27 +0100 Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i79FERRw006079; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:14:27 +0100 Message-Id: <200408091514.i79FERRw006079@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk, 183730-submitter@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#183730: zsh: setting SAVEHIST breaks history saving without warning In-reply-to: "Clint Adams"'s message of "Mon, 09 Aug 2004 11:07:37 EDT." <20040809150737.GA10711@scowler.net> Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:14:26 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Aug 2004 15:16:53.0952 (UTC) FILETIME=[E71BA400:01C47E23] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_44 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: -0.0 Clint Adams wrote: > > (Why does this `break history saving'? Or is the subject line > > inaccurate? I'll assume the latter for now.) > > I think he set SAVEHIST to some enormously large value which wrapped to > 0, and thus the saving of his history was "broken", without a clear > indication why. What could happen is the value when converted to int appeared negative --- that would cause it to be set to zero. More care with casts and conversions ought to fix that. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************