Mail Archives: djgpp/1993/07/30/11:01:27
> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 04:14:25 -0400
> From: John Williams <j DOT williams AT aston DOT ac DOT uk>
>
> I am trying to run djppp/gcc on a Novell fileserver but it just hangs
> the system. I have got the latest fixes of gas and binutl but cannot
> fix the problem.
Novell is so broken it is amazing. I *presume* are some semantics
documented somewhere, but I haven't seen them.
Example problems that I've seen:
1) creating files on the network from one PC, and it not appearing
elsewhere until you change directories, or logout, or something.
2) the most recent (and weird) one: we were opening a file in the
current directory in append mode, but it was appearing in another
directory! Turns out that if the file doesn't exist in the
specified directory, but already exists *somewhere*else* Novell
will open that file for you, rather than create the new one in the
current directory. It doesn't appear that that ``somewhere else''
has to be in any way related to the specified directory!
3) I also had gcc hang (when used from batch files), but DJ suggested
it might be an old version problem and I haven't had time to try it
again with the new version.
The first 2 were not with gcc, they are clearly generic Novell
problems.
../Dave
Novell Netware - Just say NO!
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