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From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack,comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: Nethack crashes after picking character
Message-ID: <24f28b94@ralf>
Date: 23 Aug 89 11:33:40 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
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In-Reply-To: <13641@cfctech.UUCP>

In article <13641@cfctech.UUCP>, norm@cfctech.UUCP (Norm Meluch) wrote:
}We had this (and many other problems) with nethack on our 3B2/600.
}The solution for us was to change the typedef of schar in config.h
}from signed char to short int.  It seems that the room generation 
}functions use the "schar" for a termination flag of the room list for the 
}level, and the termination value for the list is -1.  Well on our system
}signed char is *not* signed, so the search of the list runs off the edge
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
}of memory causing the core dump.

It isn't signed because "signed" is #defined to the null string in tradstdc.h.
This one bit me with the Metaware High-C compiler on an IBM RT running Mach.
Look for the #ifdef __HC__ and add a case for the 3B2....
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