linhart@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mike Threepoint) (07/28/89)
The granger@cg-atla.UUCP (Pete Granger) writes:
-=> In part 04:
-=>
-=> I got a message which told me that others/Makefile.tcc had unpacked with
-=> the wrong size, and that one control character may be missing. From the
-=> presence of the line about one control character being missing, it looks as
-=> though this is an expected result. So, how do I fix it? Or will it
-=> automatically be corrected when I download to my DOS machine and
-=> the file gets converted to DOS format?
This is due to the "echo ^G" line after the link command. Some
mailers munch such control characters, particularly obnoxious ones
like ^G.granger@cg-atla.UUCP (Pete Granger) (07/29/89)
In article <Jul.27.18.36.06.1989.13600@topaz.rutgers.edu> linhart@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mike Threepoint) writes: >The granger@cg-atla.UUCP (Pete Granger) writes: >-=> I got a message which told me that others/Makefile.tcc had unpacked with >-=> the wrong size, and that one control character may be missing. >This is due to the "echo ^G" line after the link command. Some >mailers munch such control characters, particularly obnoxious ones >like ^G. Thanks, Mike, you've saved me. I've just packed up my office to leave this site forever, and I was running one last check on news. Now I can fix Makefile.tcc and be happy! Au revoir, mes amis! Pete Granger (No longer granger@cg-atla, soon to be peg@brunix, I think.)