On 3/6/08, David Korn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: Re: [ast-users] typeset -r COLUMNS # triggers endless loop... > -------- > > > > $ typeset -r COLUMNS > > ... locks the shell in an endless loop which prints: > > -- snip -- > > $ ksh93: COLUMNS: is read only > > $ ksh93: COLUMNS: is read only > > $ ksh93: COLUMNS: is read only > > $ ksh93: COLUMNS: is read only > > $ ksh93: COLUMNS: is read only > > $ ksh93: COLUMNS: is read only > > -- snip -- > > etc. > > > > AFAIK the expected behaviour may be that the "set" discipline method for > > "COLUMNS"+"LINES" stops setting these variables if they are marked as > > read-only... or am I wrong ? > > > > > > > This is a bug. Here is a context diff for a fix. > > *** old/sh/fault.c Fri Nov 30 14:46:01 2007 > --- newsh/fault.c Thu Mar 6 08:58:05 2008 > *************** > *** 56,64 **** > int32_t v; > astwinsize(2,&rows,&cols); > if(v = cols) > ! nv_putval(COLUMNS, (char*)&v, NV_INT32); > if(v = rows) > ! nv_putval(LINES, (char*)&v, NV_INT32); > } > #endif /* SIGWINCH */ > if(shp->savesig) > --- 56,64 ---- > int32_t v; > astwinsize(2,&rows,&cols); > if(v = cols) > ! nv_putval(COLUMNS, (char*)&v, NV_INT32|NV_RDONLY); > if(v = rows) > ! nv_putval(LINES, (char*)&v, NV_INT32|NV_RDONLY); > } > #endif /* SIGWINCH */ > if(shp->savesig)
Will eval "resize -u" still work? Jennifer Pioch, Uni Frankfurt _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
