Re: Solaris 'vim' configure bug

2003-06-03 Thread Robert Elz
Date:Mon, 2 Jun 2003 22:23:17 -0400 From:Glenn Burkhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Redirecting just standard output cause no problem. But there doesn't | seem any output to redirect anyway... On NetBSD Error: script, 1: /nonexi

Re: Solaris 'vim' configure bug

2003-06-03 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, > if echo 'r /nonexist-file > q' | ex > > works but > > if echo 'r /nonexist-file > q' | ex > /dev/null 2>&1 > > hangs. > > Redirecting just standard output cause no problem. But there doesn't > seem any output to redirect anyway... Can you use strace on Solaris to see what ex is a

Re: Solaris 'vim' configure bug

2003-06-03 Thread Ken Hornstein
>echo 'r /nonexist-file\nq' | ex > /dev/null 2>&1 > >This works with vim 6.0 and both bash and the Solaris release of 'sh'. >Should 'configure.in' be changed this way to make it work? When I last tried something like that (in something else), I discovered that "\n" wasn't portable. Perhaps the be

Re: Solaris 'vim' configure bug

2003-06-03 Thread Jerry Peek
On 2 June 2003 at 22:13, Glenn Burkhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if echo 'r /nonexist-file > q' | ex > /dev/null 2>&1 > > It seems wrong to me to include a newline in the string this way. It could be > re-written as: > > echo 'r /nonexist-file\nq' | ex > /dev/null 2>&1 Unless I'm missing

Re: Solaris 'vim' configure bug

2003-06-03 Thread Glenn Burkhardt
Sorry, spoke too soon. The real problem has to do with output redirection. if echo 'r /nonexist-file q' | ex works but if echo 'r /nonexist-file q' | ex > /dev/null 2>&1 hangs. Redirecting just standard output cause no problem. But there doesn't seem any output to redirect anyway...

Solaris 'vim' configure bug

2003-06-03 Thread Glenn Burkhardt
If vim 6.0 is installed on a Solaris system, the 'ex' program included with vim 6.0 goes into an infinite loop when this statement in 'configure' is executed: if echo 'r /nonexist-file q' | ex > /dev/null 2>&1 It seems wrong to me to include a newline in the string this way. It could be re-

Solaris 8 build

2003-06-03 Thread Glenn Burkhardt
The makefile in the 'man' directory works with GNU make, but not Sun make (/usr/ccs/bin/make). What's the preferred solution here? Require GNU make? If so, shouldn't the configure script check for its presence, and set execution paths accordingly?

Re: A semi-annual poke about progress

2003-06-03 Thread Neil W Rickert
Glenn Burkhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Clues on what the test for 'broken vi' does are solicited. The "vi" on some systems (including solaris) returns a non-zero exit status if any command at all failed during the vi session. Presumably this makes sense if vi is running in the background fr

Re: A semi-annual poke about progress

2003-06-03 Thread Glenn Burkhardt
On Monday 02 June 2003 04:40 pm, you wrote: > >Hi. Seems like we've had a 1.1 release candidate sitting for a long > >time. Can we make it a release yet? It would be nice to have something > >newer than 1.0.4 going into things like Linux distributions. > > Hm, well ... how about everyone (includ

Re: A semi-annual poke about progress

2003-06-03 Thread Jon Steinhart
I have it working on Solaris (albeit an old 2.6) and Linux RH9. > >Hi. Seems like we've had a 1.1 release candidate sitting for a long > >time. Can we make it a release yet? It would be nice to have something > >newer than 1.0.4 going into things like Linux distributions. > > Hm, well ... how

Re: A semi-annual poke about progress

2003-06-03 Thread Ken Hornstein
>Hi. Seems like we've had a 1.1 release candidate sitting for a long >time. Can we make it a release yet? It would be nice to have something >newer than 1.0.4 going into things like Linux distributions. Hm, well ... how about everyone (including me) makes sure what's on the 1.1 branch compiles

Re: A semi-annual poke about progress

2003-06-03 Thread Ken Hornstein
>Are you still sheparding this project? I remembered to look at Rather poorly, but yes (well, I just got back from a two week vacation in Europe). >http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/nmh > >I noticed that there are outstanding bugs - I haven't had a chance to look >at the reports. Do you need

Re: A semi-annual poke about progress

2003-06-03 Thread Glenn Burkhardt
Please let's do it!! I've been using nmh-1.1-RC1.tar.gz since Nov 18, 2002. It works. I give it my blessing (for whatever that's worth!). I've forgotten who had put it together and where it's hosted - does anyone remember??

Re: A semi-annual poke about progress

2003-06-03 Thread Glenn Burkhardt
Are you still sheparding this project? I remembered to look at http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/nmh I noticed that there are outstanding bugs - I haven't had a chance to look at the reports. Do you need help with them?

A semi-annual poke about progress

2003-06-03 Thread Jon Steinhart
Hi. Seems like we've had a 1.1 release candidate sitting for a long time. Can we make it a release yet? It would be nice to have something newer than 1.0.4 going into things like Linux distributions. Jon