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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: ex(1) variable name conflict
Message-ID: <114900@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 19 Dec 90 21:36:48 GMT
References: <517@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca>
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In article <517@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> lyndon@cs.athabascau.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes:
>Index: /usr/src/ucb/ex/ex_tty.[ch] 4.3BSD tahoe
>
>Description:
>
>	The variable HZ conflicts with a system define in SunOS 4.1
>	(and probably some others).
>
>Repeat By:
>
>	Compile ex under SunOS 4.1

I agree so far. However, vi doesn't care how fast the clock runs.

>Fix:

Try this instead:

*** WARNING: This diff isn't real, I just edited yours.

diff -c -r1.1 ex_tty.h
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a27377	Mon Dec 17 15:19:26 1990
--- ex_tty.h	Mon Dec 17 14:04:59 1990
***************
*** 94,100 ****
  var	bool	EO;		/* Can erase overstrikes with ' ' */
  var	bool	GT;		/* Gtty indicates tabs */
  var	bool	HC;		/* Hard copy terminal */
  var	bool	HZ;		/* Hazeltine ~ braindamage */
  var	bool	IN;		/* Insert-null blessing */
  var	bool	MI;		/* can move in insert mode */
  var	bool	NC;		/* No Cr - \r snds \r\n then eats \n (dm2500) */
--- 94,101 ----
  var	bool	EO;		/* Can erase overstrikes with ' ' */
  var	bool	GT;		/* Gtty indicates tabs */
  var	bool	HC;		/* Hard copy terminal */
+ #undef HZ
  var	bool	HZ;		/* Hazeltine ~ braindamage */
  var	bool	IN;		/* Insert-null blessing */
  var	bool	MI;		/* can move in insert mode */
  var	bool	NC;		/* No Cr - \r snds \r\n then eats \n (dm2500) */
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	Root Boy Jim Cottrell <rbj@uunet.uu.net>
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