Re: Make(1) bug in SVR2

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From: Chris Bertin
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1988 17:18

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In article <555@happym.UUCP>, kent@happym.UUCP (Kent Forschmiedt) writes:
> I was watching it go, using ^S/^Q to stop and start it, until I found 
> the problem, then hit ^C (DEL, for purists) to stop it.  I couldn't see 
> what it was doing when I did that, since ^C flushes the tty output 
> buffer. 
> 
> It said "*** s.file2.c removed ***" !!!
> 
> And it was true!

The same thing happened to me several years ago. I didn't want to chase the
bug, so I edited main.c and added:

	&& !sdot(p)

to the list of removal conditions in the intrupt() routine. For those without
sources, 'sdot(p)' checks if 'p' is an 's.' file.

I wonder how many flames will cross the Atlantic... -:)

Chris
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From: chris@cetia.UUCP (Chris Bertin)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: Make(1) bug in SVR2
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Date: 5 Nov 88 17:18:59 GMT
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