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From: mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright)
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Subject: Re: Sun-3 and pl44
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Date: 16 Jan 91 18:38:24 GMT
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In-reply-to: poage@sunny.ucdavis.edu's message of 14 Jan 91 21:35:02 GMT

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 * On 14 Jan 91 21:35:02 GMT, 
 * poage@sunny.ucdavis.edu (Tom Poage) said:
 * 
 */ 

Tom> FYI, op.dbm has an infinite while loop when patch
Tom> level 44 is compiled with gcc (1.37.1) on a Sun-3 (4.0.3).
Tom> Apparently, reading from an empty ndbm file returns nulls
Tom> (as opposed to undefs or EOF).

I had the same problem, but subsequently canceled the article after receiving
a blindingly fast reply from Larry.  

The problem is probably due to the fact the -fpcc-struct-return was not in
your CFLAGS.  That alone fixed the problem for me.

Good Luck!

 ..mitch