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From: Z.Wang@CS.UCL.AC.UK (Zheng Wang, Ext: 3701)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Problem on xrdb -query (and some misc comments)
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Date: 15 Feb 89 15:53:47 GMT
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It could be better if the responses to the questions be sent
to original mailing list after editing.

Zheng

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As Bob, Dan and other people guessed. The problem with
xrdb -query on our system is due to a bug in fputs in SUN OS4.0.
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From: Bob Scheifler <rws@edu.mit.lcs.expo>
Subject: Re: Problem on xrdb -query

You didn't say what system you were on.  I'm guessing SunOS 4.0.
If so, it's a bug in SunOS fputs, not in xrdb.

I think you can find the line with fputs

            fputs (xdefs, stdout);

and change it to

            printf ("%s", xdefs);       /* fputs broken in SunOS 4.0 */