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From: rtregn@immd3.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Robert Regn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Fix for latest console.c under 1.1 cg
Message-ID: <730@faui44.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 8 Nov 88 13:58:21 GMT
References: <13744@dhw68k.cts.com>
Organization: IMMD III, University of Erlangen, W-Germany
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From article <13744@dhw68k.cts.com>, by bob@dhw68k.cts.com (Bob Best):
> I managed to locate the problem statement that generated an error under
> the version 1.1 cg.  Why the compiler couldn't handle it is
> anyone's guess.  As Andy mentioned, we seem to be dealing with an
> obsolete and 'rotten' compiler.  Of course, for some of us, it's all
> we've got!  Good luck!

Thanks to bob for this 'fix'. It  works.



In article <1564@ast.cs.vu.nl> (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:

> I am not sure how many 1.1 compilers there are floating around, but the
> 1.2 compiler binaries are part of the upgrade kit for 1.3 that will available
> from P-H around Dec. 

I think, many 1.1 compilers. Many people who can get upgrades from the net
don't by the kit.


I have also problems with the 1.3c INIT using the 1.1 compiler.
When I use this init and reboot, Minix starts and init executes etc/rc
but i see no messages from it.  Later he forks a login, again without
output to tty. Input is ok, login gets name and passwd and forks a shell.
Meantime init runs permanent with always same pc ( 17 ) and decreases
performance terrible. If the shell ends, init creates no
new login. It has probably called exit and loops in head.s ?
Old init works with 1.3c. When i remove lines 167 and 171 (with ioctl),
which are not used, the system works!!

Has somebody this problem too ?


			Robert Regn							rtregn@faui32.uucp