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Subject: Re: [patch] fix empty environment handling
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17.08.2019 22:00, Rod Pemberton пишет:
> On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 03:20:33 +0300
> "stsp (stsp2 AT yandex DOT ru) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> wrote:
>
>> It has the patch applied, so you are supposed
>> to see the "|Load error: no environment segment|"
>> message on most DOSes if you load it with
>> SHELL= directive of config.sys,
> What if someone wants to load it on SHELL= directive?  Now, it
> fails? ...
... and prints a clear msg why is so.
Before - just a random memory poking and no start.
There are various work-arounds, depending on the
DOS you have (and no work-arounds are needed for
the modern enough DOSes).
The patch is a bug-fix, not an attempt to solve every
possible problem for every DOS.