On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Wemm writes: > >> No, it isn't the regression tests. It is this here in the start of stage 4: > >> > >> ===> usr.bin/vi > >> *** Error code 1 (ignored) > >> *** Error code 1 (ignored) > >> ===> usr.bin/vis > >> > >> As soon as 'whereintheworld' sees an 'error code', it starts dumping that > >> entire block to the end. If you care to find and fix the build in vi, that > >> would solve it. > > I think it would be more profitable to teach "whereintheworld" about > the "(ignored)" string, wouldn't it ?
No; it would be more profitable to teach programmers to not ignore errors. whereintheworld is perfectly non-broken in not ignoring them. These "*** Error" messages (not to mention other error ouput from makeworld) also make it harder for human readers to see the actual errors. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
