Re: Various MiNT questions

[hohmuth@inf.tu-dresden.de (Michael Hohmuth)]

> 3.  Has anyone gotten tcsh to use the DOS file structure, but not use the
> lame tcsh.csh files?  I would rather it use .cshrc, .login, .logout, and all
> that jazz AND be able to use the DOS filestructures.  Since root is the only
> user who can access non-minix partitions, then that right there limits who
> can have these resource files on TOS partitions.  If we are assumed smart 
> enough to compile MiNT by ourselves and use MiNT-Net and get it running by
> ourselves, then surely we can make sure our .cshrc files do not sit on TOS
> partitions.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "DOS file structure", but you
can get `tcsh' to use Unix-style init files by recompiling without
certain #defines I introduced; i.e., use the patches in tcsh6033.zoo,
apply them to virgin tcsh-6.03 sources, edit config_f.h and #undef
DOSFS and/or DOSTEXT, and hit "make".

However, be warned: Whenever I tried to link `tcsh' against a more
recent mntlib, I got a binary that had problems with pipes; I haven't
had time to look into this any further, which is also why I didn't
release a version after 6.03.  I'll reproduce my old trouble report
below.  I don't know whether this is fixed by now (as I said, I
haven't tried for a while), and whether this has been a mntlib bug or
a MiNT bug or a `tcsh' bug.

Michael
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From: hohmuth@irs.inf.tu-dresden.de (Michael Hohmuth)
Message-Id: <9405272337.AA22789@irs.inf.tu-dresden.de>
Subject: mntlib: problem with pipes
To: mint@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu (MiNT Mailer)
Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 01:37:03 +0200 (MET DST)
Reply-To: hohmuth@freia.inf.tu-dresden.de

I give up...

I have a problem with mntlib versions > PL30.

When I link tcsh 6.03 against newer versions of mntlib, I cannot use
pipes any more:

    # cat .cshrc | more

    Suspended (tty output)
    [1] 35 36
    # 

(This also happens with tcsh 6.04.)  The same thing works fine with tcsh 6.03
+ mntlib PL 30  (and has ever worked under every version of MiNT).

I don't know exactly which mntlib PL introduces the problem...

Can you point me to the right direction?

Thanks,
Michael
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