Subject: Re: a couple questions
To: Sean Sweda <sweda@us.itd.umich.edu>
From: David Brownlee <D.K.Brownlee@city.ac.uk>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/20/1995 11:34:41
#3) (I'll pass on 1 & 2 :)
You need to fix pine/osdep/os-neb.c to get pine to compile
(patch included at end).
Alternatively I have pine compiled up for NetBSD/sun3
(same binaries as NetBSD/mac68k) on
ftp://ftp.city.ac.uk/incoming/NetBSD-m68k
David/abs
patch for pine:
*** pine/osdep/os-neb.c Wed Mar 15 17:59:15 1995
--- ../pine3.91-patch Wed Sep 20 11:32:52 1995
***************
*** 606,618 ****
fstat(fd, &statbuf);
! buf = fs_get(statbuf.st_size + 1);
/*
* On some systems might have to loop here, if one read isn't guaranteed
* to get the whole thing.
*/
! if(read(fd, buf, statbuf.st_size) != statbuf.st_size) {
close(fd);
return((char *)NULL);
}
--- 606,618 ----
fstat(fd, &statbuf);
! buf = fs_get((long)statbuf.st_size + 1);
/*
* On some systems might have to loop here, if one read isn't guaranteed
* to get the whole thing.
*/
! if(read(fd, buf, (long)statbuf.st_size) != (long)statbuf.st_size) {
close(fd);
return((char *)NULL);
}
D.K.Brownlee@city.ac.uk (MIME) +44 171 477 8186 {post,host}master (abs)
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On Wed, 20 Sep 1995, Sean Sweda wrote:
>
> #1) I'm running gated, and when I try to listen to RIP broadcasts
> I get this error message:
>
> >Sep 20 01:27:29 marauders gated[79]: rip_init: UDP checksums *DISABLED*
> >in kernel; RIP disabled
>
> why are UDP checksums disabled, to limit overhead on slip/ppp connections?
> is there a reason why I shouldn't enable them, and what kernel source
> file do I need to modify to do this?
>
> #2) what text-to-postscript tool can I ftp and compile, so that I can
> print to my laserwriter? suggestions as to where and what would be
> greatly appreciated
>
> #3) has anyone successfully compiled pine? for some reason it won't
> read its config files, .pine-debug is telling me this:
>
> >reading_pinerc "/usr/local/lib/pine.conf"
> >Open failed: Undefined error: 0
> >reading_pinerc "/home/sweda/.pinerc"
> >Open failed: Undefined error: 0
>
> even though the file exists, it keeps failing to read and then
> over-writing the files; my feeling is that there is something wrong
> netbsd's open command (defined in sys/fcntl.h) -- any other
> ideas?
>
> FYI - I've installed CAP using native EtherTalk on my machine,
> for anyone who's curious about the installation/effects/etc.
>
>
> Sean
>
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