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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.apps:189 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:651 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!psgrain!percy!agora!rgrimes From: rgrimes@agora.rain.com (Rodney Grimes) Subject: Re: expr (was: Re: cvs-1.3 is locking up) Message-ID: <C6G0s7.MG9@agora.rain.com> Organization: Open Communications Forum References: <C60ynC.BJF@ns1.nodak.edu> <1993Apr27.232720.16472@melb.bull.oz.au> <C673rG.4xv@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> <CONKLIN.93Apr28120026@ngai.kaleida.com> Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 08:55:18 GMT Lines: 32 conklin@kaleida.com (J.T. Conklin) writes: >Dean> I had one problem with the updated with the updated rcs. The version >Dean> of expr that came with 386bsd does not grok parenthesis. I worked >Dean> around it by changing a line in conf.sh that looked something like >Dean> I am now shopping for a fixed eval. Anyone know where I can find one? >Its worse than that. expr does not handle: parens, string expressions >that happen to be numeric, division by zero, or regular expression >error messages. Many of the same bugs are found in GNU expr, although >both programs are derrived from separate sources. >I have submitted fixes to all of these problems to the patchkit >maintainers, and it is likely that it will be in the next patchkit. >Until then, email me and I'll send you a copy. It IS in patch kit 0.2.4 due out for release in the next 30 days. Thank you J.T. Conckin for this and lots of other nice fixes. I will be posting a list of what has already been done for patch kit 0.2.4 some time later this week. >-- >J.T. Conklin <jtc@wimsey.com> | Your source for floppy distributions > Winning Strategies, Inc. | of the 386BSD OS and binaries > 61 Crestwood Drive #18 | > Daly City, CA 94015 | Send e-mail for complete product list > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@agora.rain.com 386BSD patchkit coordinator Wish it paid real money! Accurate Automation Company All opinions belong to me and my company!