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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Browse
Message-ID: <7337@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 18 Dec 89 16:45:25 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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The problem running Browse on BSD is in line 224:

	*db = *ptr;

I guess the semantics of readdir have changed since 1982. Or I was lucky
back then. The old variable-sized-structure problem lives again. Sigh.

The solution is moderately complex. I'll post an update after I get
around to fixing it.
-- 
`-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.uu.net>.
 'U`  Also <peter@ficc.lonestar.org> or <peter@sugar.lonestar.org>.
"It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier
and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com