Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!mcsun!unido!pcsbst!jkh From: jkh@meepmeep.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: 1.04: setvbuf does not exist in Ultrix 2.0 -- with fix Message-ID: Date: 10 Nov 89 18:02:41 GMT References: Sender: news@pcsbst.UUCP Organization: PCS Computer Systems, GmbH Lines: 14 In-reply-to: andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu's message of 7 Nov 89 23:02:33 GMT >There is a trivial fix. Simply comment out the call. This will >result in a slightly less efficient stderr. It certainly is not critical. >Patches follow: No, don't do this. The correct thing to do is allocate your own buffer and do a "setbuf()" call if you're on a VAX. Don't just punt the entire concept. Jordan -- PCS Computer Systeme GmbH, Munich, West Germany UUCP: pyramid!pcsbst!jkh jkh@meepmeep.pcs.com EUNET: unido!pcsbst!jkh ARPA: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu or hubbard@decwrl.dec.com