Subject: Did /bin/csh change?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Mark Tamola <buckwild@u.washington.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 12/11/1994 15:53:23
Dear sirs,
For some odd reason, my /bin/csh doesn't work correctly anymore, and
since I don't recall anyone complaining about it before, I just want to
portray my experiences here:
1. Upon loggin in, I get the following message as root:
Warning: exported path contains relative components.
Unknown variable modifier.
and the following message as a regular user:
Unknown variable modifier.
2. I thought it was some stupid typo in one of my startup files, (i.e.
.cshrc, .login, .logout, etc.), but it can't be. I tediously commented
out each line, or groups of lines, of each and every startup file, and I
still get the same error message when either logging in at the console or
starting a new xterm when I'm in X. I have also checked for any
conflicting things with any global startup files (i.e. /etc/csh.cshrc),
and still no go.
3. This also causes some wierd error when using term with kermit, as
when I start term on the remote computer, I can't escape to get back to
kermit, and the kermit process becomes hung until I kill -9 it. Thus, I
can't use term, and thus I can't sup! 8-(. (Although not NetBSD
specific, just an example of a problem it causes).
4. I don't have any of the above problems when using /bin/sh, and no
problems with any other programs when using /bin/sh, either.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Mark Steven de Sagun Tamola
buckwild@u.washington.edu