From: Dave Mason <dmason AT plg DOT uwaterloo DOT ca>
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Novell is broken
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 10:53:15 -0400

> 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!