[comp.os.minix] 1.5.0 bugs

williams@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams) (02/13/90)

OK, Everybody, heres my current gripe list:
Environment: AT-CLONE 286, Standard HD Controller w/CMI(!) 31MB HD
1.5.0, as received from vm1.nodak.edu and troweled onto a stock 1.3.

1. Hitting 'del' causes the login shell to log out

2. 1.5.0 ls dumps core if you try to do an ls -l. I had trouble linking
ls, because ls.s and ctime.s both had a label '_20' in them which the
linker thought was multiply defined.  My quick hack solution was

		libupack < ls.s > ls.x
		sed 's/_20/__20/' ls.x | libpack > ls.s
		cc -i ls.s -o bin/ls

But then that dweezil dumps core when you do an ls -l.  This is supposed
to be getting easier, not weirder!

3. make ignores signals

4. When I did a 'sh run' in src/commands, (with the 1.3 shell) no compiles
ever took place. The shell locked up tight.  I had to change run to
work on [a-f]*.c [g-p]*.c [q-z]*.c and then it worked.

I think (1) may be fixed by a patch posted the other day. No idea what
the gig is with (2). (3) I seem to have some recollection of.

AND AGAIN - what scheissverfickende major and minor numbers is /dev/port
supposed to have?


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