I'll start looking into it tonight but I'm not going to be able to spend too much time on it. Getting late here and I need to be up & out early tomorrow morning. Worst case, I'll start on it again tomorrow evening.
- Peter On 10/7/06, Paul Alfille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > In the first instance, the tab was probably added automatically by the > editor. Tabs are handled specially in makefiles, and if you can fix it, I'd > be pleased. > > Nested functions: They are there only for convenience. All the ones dealing > with threads were removed because of changes in recent linux kernels -- a > security risk. Removing them involves some work with packing the relevant > shared variables in a structure, and allocating memory if the subroutine is > in a separate thread (so heap variables in one thread don't get reclaimed > before the other thread is done with them). > > Again, if you want to tackle this, I'd be pleased. Otherwise I'll look at it > tomorrow. > > A new release for the Mac platform would be great. The owshell functions > would be especially useful there since FUSE is not supported as far as I > know making shell access to the 1-wire bus is difficult. > > Paul Alfille > > > On 10/8/06, Peter Kropf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi - > > > > Due to the recent demise of my Thinkpad, I'm not working on a MacBook > > Pro. Things here are different but still very similar. But pretty fun. > > > > I'm just getting around to building owfs for the first time on MacOSX > > and have run into a couple of problems. I would like to know if anyone > > else is using MacOSX for their development. There's at least one > > outstanding fix needed for the Python module and I'd like to get > > moving on getting it done. > > > > The first problem is pretty minor but I'm not sure why it's happening. > > The generated src/man/Makefile, there's a problem: > > > > fog:~/src/owfs peter$ make > > Making all in src > > Making all in include > > make all-am > > Making all in man > > Makefile:531: *** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 > > spaces?). Stop. > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > fog:~/src/owfs peter$ > > > > Looking at the Makefile, the owtcl.n is on a line all by itself > > preceeded by 8 spaces. Very strange but I should be able to figure out > > why and fix it. > > > > The second problem is a bit more involved. The > > module/owlib/src/c/ow_dir.c file contains a nested function in > > FS_typedir around line 441. Nested functions aren't supported on > > MacOSX. Before I make changes to this file and possibly screw things > > up, I wanted to find out if nested functions are needed for a > > particular reason. And if the solution is as simple as moving the > > action function outside the scope of the FS_typedir function. Let me > > know... > > > > Thanks! > > > > - Peter > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Owfs-developers mailing list > > Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > Owfs-developers mailing list > Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Owfs-developers mailing list Owfs-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/owfs-developers
