dwallach@nas.nasa.gov (Dan Wallach) (06/14/91)
Well, I finally got MH to compile, after hacking a couple files, and I ended up doing the make by hand in parts, but I have it. (I'll send the config's and diff's to anybody who wants them, or post if I get enough demand). Problems I'm encountering: When I try to show an article, I get nothing. This appears to be mhl's fault. My showproc is mhl and my moreproc is less. Relevant lines from my .mh_profile are: showproc: mhl moreproc: less mhl: -nobell -noclear show: -noheader -form mhl.format -showproc mhl raw: -noshowproc -noheader The following don't work: % show % raw | mhl % raw | mhl -moreproc cat The following work: % show | less % raw % raw | mhl | less It appears that mhl notices whether or not stdout happens to be the console and then proceeds to break. This only happens when mhl has a moreproc. Problem #2: (this is likely an SGI only problem...) inc doesn't work on /usr/mail/dwallach, but it works just fine on any other file out there. inc will hang for a minute and then print: inc: unable to lock and fopen /usr/mail/dwallach Relevant file info: drwxrwxr-x 3 root mail 20480 Jun 13 19:08 /usr/mail/ -rw-rw---- 1 dwallach mail 14016 Jun 13 18:52 /usr/mail/dwallach FYI: I'm building MH 6.7.1 on a SGI 4D/380 running 3.3.2. I had to mess with the makefiles not doing quite the right thing in some places, and I had to change h/local.h and h/mh.h (local.h to include the correct <sys/dir.h> and mh.h to know that SGI's have vfork() ) I needed to change sbr/makedir.c to again include some of the right files. My MH configuration is essentially SYS5 (i.e.: no BSD42 or BSD43 in there). Thanks for what help you can give, Dan Wallach dwallach@nas.nasa.gov
tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) (06/20/91)
dwallach@nas.nasa.gov (Dan Wallach) writes:
$ [...]
$ (this is likely an SGI only problem...)
$ inc doesn't work on /usr/mail/dwallach, but it works just fine on any other
$ file out there. inc will hang for a minute and then print:
$ inc: unable to lock and fopen /usr/mail/dwallach
$ Relevant file info:
$ drwxrwxr-x 3 root mail 20480 Jun 13 19:08 /usr/mail/
$ -rw-rw---- 1 dwallach mail 14016 Jun 13 18:52 /usr/mail/dwallach
$ [...]
Do this:
chgrp inc
chmod g+s inc
That will do it. I had to do this on a 3b2 running System V too.
--
Tom Reingold
tr@samadams.princeton.edu OR ...!princeton!samadams!tr
"Warning: Do not drive with Auto-Shade in place. Remove
from windshield before starting ignition."cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu (Chris Siebenmann) (06/25/91)
tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) writes: | Do this: | chgrp inc | chmod g+s inc | That will do it. I had to do this on a 3b2 running System V too. Note that this is only safe to do under MH 6.7+; on MH 6.6 and previous (hmm, it may be MH 6.5 and previous; my 3b1 is dead right now or I'd check) this will let you inc any user's mailbox with 'inc -file /usr/mail/<user>'. -- ported program: a program which takes constant or increasing effort to port to each new machine. portable program: a program which takes less effort to port to each new machine. cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu ...!{utgpu,utzoo,watmath}!utgpu!cks