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From: wkt@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Warren Toomey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: [bugfix] Fix to Clam's alias/pipe bug?
Keywords: bugfix
Message-ID: <1932@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>
Date: 28 Sep 90 00:58:33 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, University College, UNSW, ADFA, Canberra, Australia
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David Feynes reported Clam's alias/pipe bug, which has been known for
some time. Here's a one-line _hack_ which fixes it. I've tested it
and it appears to work, but it may have some side effects, I don't know.

Could David and as many others test this patch & report success/failure?!

The patch is to the Oct'89 posting of the source, i.e to the source as
it appears on plains/sirius/ccadfa.

	Warren

P.S Note the crcs in the patch - I propose cdiff.c be changed to add
    these. Votes for and against, please!


echo x - exec.cdif
sed '/^X/s///' > exec.cdif << '/'
X*** 23687  20924 oexec.c	Fri Sep 28 10:28:45 1990
X--- 14056  20939 exec.c		Fri Sep 28 10:48:49 1990
X***************
X*** 177,182 ****
X--- 177,183 ----
X    int i,pos,ppos,pid=0,oldnumargtemp,retval;
X    bool skip_to_semi;
X  
X+   bckgnd=TRUE;
X    if (bckgnd==TRUE) NoIoctl=1;
X    if (alias_depth==0)	/* are we at the bottom level? */
X    {
/


-- 
Warren Toomey VK2XWT, not flying this w/e?
 Deep in the bowels of ADFA Comp Science.
 `At least he didn't bring in a bucket!'