Hi, > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 9:06 AM, Tom Ehlert <t...@drivesnapshot.de> wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 4:56 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Bart Oldeman <bartolde...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> thanks everybody for the feedback. I now updated the prerelease to >>>>> pre4 with just a few changes: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/bartoldeman/freecom/releases/tag/com084pre4 >>>> >> >>> There's another valid .BAT (P5.BAT) that says "Syntax error" and >>> hangs. I haven't looked into exactly why yet. >> >> even nondevelopers should be able to insert a "ECHO ON" line in batch >> files.
> Tom, it's a regression, okay? yes, absolutely. > It works fine with the older version. > Simple .BAT scripts should not hang. Yes, I did later step through the > .BAT and see what was wrong. But it's still broken. I agree absolutely. > Should I just work around it? definitively not. these are bugs, and they should be fixed. > I'm trying to report useful feedback here. unfortunately bug bug reporting is often not to clear. adding 'echo on' and you could report which command failed. add a link to your configuration, and the reproduction of the bug is hugely easier. ( I was not aware that METADOS is mirrored on ibiblio. now I am) > FreeCOM is fairly important to us. absolutely. it's the user facing interface. if it crashes, the whole OS crashes. no good. > Bart may not have time, maybe he doesn't care, > but snide remarks are not exactly helpful here. at present, it looks like the 'new' command (and kernel?) has a couple of bugs, that were not present in 2006, and Bart has only found 80% of them. not good. same case might be valid for the gcc16 kernel. who knows? I prefer a stable kernel and command over a correct compiled, but buggy one every day. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
