Re: Perl still broken in 4.0-CURRENT

1999-09-03 Thread Brian Handy
>I was hoping for something simpler that wouldn't require me to >figure out how to configure mirror-script. :-( I haven't paid much attention, but I'm running a recent version of -current. (Sorry I can't specify the date, everything's out of sync.) However, that aside, mirror-script is easy: J

Re: solid NFS patch #6 avail for -current - need testers files)

1999-04-21 Thread Brian Handy
Speaking of upgrading to -current from 3.x-STABLE, I was just wondering -- does the new EGCS imply that things like apps2go Motif won't link properly against a 4.x-CURRENT world now? It's things like this that will hold me back, if they indeedy are a problem. Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail

Re: ATTENTION PLEASE: g77 in base system.

1999-04-09 Thread Brian Handy
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > [g77 in the source tree] >I have to agree here...I personally know noone that actually uses >Fortran...having it as an option to turn off would be nice...one less >thing to compile on a buildworld... I know *lots* of people that use FORTRAN. That a

Re: ATTENTION PLEASE: g77 in base system.

1999-04-08 Thread Brian Handy
On 9 Apr 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: >> [4 people said "YES! Add g77!"] >I beg your pardon? You're adding g77 to the system because you know of >four people who would find it useful? Where's the logic in that? Well, statistically speaking, that's a bunch of "ayes" and no "noes". Lots of th

Re: support for larger memory

1999-03-30 Thread Brian Handy
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Brian Handy wrote: > [Grumbling about BSDI compatibility] I take all that back. Well, all except the part about grumbling about my own network here, I'm just feeling grumpy and took it out on random passerby. :-) Happy trails, Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail t

Re: support for larger memory

1999-03-30 Thread Brian Handy
> So, I'm curious, why is it that we needed to break BSDI compatibility in >order to support large memory configurations. It would seem that the two >shouldn't be mutually exclusive. Or, perhaps, we broke BSDI compatibility for a lot of people (?) at the expense of those few people who are runnin

Re: gpib driver - does anybody use it?

1999-02-08 Thread Brian Handy
>I stumbled upon the (undocumented) gpib driver today - apparently for >the "National Instruments AT-GPIB and AT-GPIB/TNT board", according to >LINT. Apart from staticization sweeps, -Wall fixes and the like, >nobody's touched it since 1995. Does anybody have an AT-GPIB board, or >even know what it