Subj : Debugging MakeNL
To   : Andrew Clarke
From : Ulrich Schroeter
Date : Fri Jul 27 2018 01:25:02

moin Andrew,

Sunday August 25 2013 04:02, you wrote to me:

 ac> 24 Aug 13 15:02, you wrote to me:
 ac>>> Please run 'cvs up', or do a fresh checkout:
 ac>>> cvs
 ac>>> -d:pserver:anonymous@makenl.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/makenl
 ac>>> login cvs -z3
 ac>>> -d:pserver:anonymous@makenl.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/makenl
 ac>>> co -P makenl
 US>> no cvs client around here ... therefor I've asked for the
 US>> http://makenl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/makenl/?view=tar
 US>> source - is this the identical package ?!?  yes or no ?
 ac> I don't know. You should really install CVS.

CVS is out of discussion

I have to handle still git, svn and bazaar
so either download via http, ftp works .. but please no addtl other
versioning system

so therefor again the question
is the source
 -d:pserver:anonymous@makenl.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/makenl
 co -P makenl
identical to the tarball for download from
 http://makenl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/makenl/?view=tar
?!?

 US>> ok, downloaded the .tar.gz package ...
 US>> first try throws error regarding  %pat% .. it must be a newer
 US>> revision :) compared the .wat files ... added object patmat.obj
 ac> Your source tree is still not in sync?

than it is in sync, as I've unpacked the tarball downloaded as
http://makenl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/makenl/?view=tar
and used it for compile in a plain version control system free directory
the only difference was the make file that doesn't work with the
long filename for the .watcom
so I have to customize this makefile so it works under 8.3 filename
convention, copied over the makefile from prev revision (3.3.3)
that did result in the %pat% missing declaration error message on compile
comparing the two makefiles on another machine revealed the
patmat.obj difference in the makefiles, that I've corrected in the
customized one ... all other source files .c, .h and whatever is still
in sync if you can confirm that the tarball for download under
http://makenl.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/makenl/?view=tar
is identical what you transfer under
 -d:pserver:anonymous@makenl.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/makenl ...
to the central repository


 ac> I don't want to waste my time looking for a bug that isn't in the
 ac> CVS.

I still didn't get CVS up and running. So I can only use the sources listed 
above.

 ac> -$- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20110223-b20110223
 ac>  $ Origin: Blizzard of Ozz, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (3:633/267)

regards, uli   ;-)

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