Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zazen!zazen.macc.wisc.edu!simmons From: simmons@rigel.neep.wisc.edu (Kim Simmons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: detex Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 02:53:29 GMT References: <1991Apr21.184321.26581@athena.mit.edu> <1991Apr24.211421.19343@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@macc.wisc.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin,Madison., NEEP Department Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu's message of 24 Apr 91 21:14:21 GMT In article <1991Apr24.211421.19343@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu> nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) writes: Path: zazen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!function.mps.ohio-state.edu!nevai From: nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Date: 24 Apr 91 21:14:21 GMT References: <1991Apr21.184321.26581@athena.mit.edu> Sender: usenet@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu Organization: Department of Mathematics, The Ohio State University Lines: 8 Nntp-Posting-Host: function.mps.ohio-state.edu In article <1991Apr21.184321.26581@athena.mit.edu> lastole@athena.mit.edu (Lars A Stole) writes: >I recently downloaded ispell from nova.cc.purdue.edu which contained the >source and a binary for detex. Unfortunately, although ispell works fine, >whenever I run detex I get a bus error followed by a core dump. Is there >something peculiar about my machine setup that could be causing this >problem, or have others had similar problems with detex? I've got exactly the same problem! The problem is that detex needs to be compiled with the c compiler option -fwritable-strings I will repost ispell right now. Let me know if you have any problems say after April 26. The new version should be there by then. -- =============================================================================== Internet: simmons@rigel.neep.wisc.edu Othernet: simmons@hoofers.lake.mendota --- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- According to the HitchHikers guide to the galaxy, the one thing we *cannot* afford to have is a sense of perspective. ===============================================================================