Subj : Release of v3.4?
To   : Ulrich Schroeter
From : Bob Seaborn
Date : Sat May 25 2013 09:24:01

 > moin Kees,
 >
 > Friday May 24 2013 10:01, Roy Witt wrote to you:
 >
 >RW>>> ; control file for Net 387 using
 >RW>>> ; MakeNL v3.3.1 -- Windows 32 Bit Version
 >RW>>> ; nodelist control file.
 >RW>>> ;ALLOWUNPUB 1
 >RW>>> ;MINphone 1
 >
 > using in last test
 >
 > Allowunpub 1
 > Minphone 1
 >
 > using 2 test lines in a testsegment
 >
 > Testline A
 >
 >KvE>>  In your case a line with  Pvt,......,000.0.0.0.0,........
 >KvE>>  produces an error message.
 >
 > Testline B
 >
 >RW> ,10,CompTA_Radical,San_Antonio_TX,Roy_Witt,-Unpublished-,300,CM,MO,XX
 >RW> ,
 >RW> INA: z28krazy.dyndns.org,IBN
 >
 > Test 1:
 > =======
 > rev 3.3.3 OpenWatcom 1.9 DOS compiled makenl_ng
 > under WinXP DOS box -> success
 >                  Testline A: corrected to  Pvt,..,-Unpublished-,..
 >                  Testline B: kept intact   ,...,-Unpublished-,...
 >
 > Test 2:
 > =======
 > rev 3.3.3 OpenWatcom 1.9 DOS compiled makenl_ng
 > under OS/2 warp3 DOS box -> success
 >                  Testline A: corrected to  Pvt,..,-Unpublished-,..
 >                  Testline B: kept intact   ,...,-Unpublished-,...
 >
 >
 >
 >RW> This is the LOG file that MNL created that shows a succesful compile
 >RW> here.
 >  RW>
 >RW> - 11-Jan-2013 11:22:20 makenl[204] MakeNL 3.3.1 (Win32) compiled with
 >RW> Watcom C on Dec 26 2012 00:19:36
 >RW> ...
 >
 > with similar output :)
 >
 >
 >RW> BTW, as the date of the log indicates, this is how long it has been
 >RW> since the problem with OS/2 has been known to exist.
 >
 > at least the DOS executable in a DOS box under OS/2 warp3 did
 > results in success
 >
 > but there are two hints about 4OS2 and 4DOS addons used under OS/2 ...
 > As I know 4* as a shell extension under OS/2 and DOS maybe the
 > reported crash relates to this shell extension ?!?
 > that I cannot test (no 4OS2, no 4DOS installed, neither available)


      Both should be readily available from JPSoft's website, I know the 4OS2
is now freeware, albeit non-supported.


 >
 >
 >KvE>>  The flag "ALLOWUNPUB 1" allows the word "Unpublished" to be
 >KvE>> used in lines starting with other tags than "Pvt"
 >RW> Correct. But, using that flag in MNL crashes OS/2...
 >
 > without the 4OS2 and 4DOS installed I cannot reproduce this crash
 > under OS/2 warp3, so there is something special in the used
 > environment where it crashes
 >
 >
 >KvE>>  The flag "MINPHONE 1" counts the number of "-" separated groups
 >KvE>> in a telephone number. For a value other than "Unpublished" it
 >KvE>> should be set to "1" if there are no dashes in the phone number
 >KvE>> field.
 >RW> Yes, see above.
 >
 >KvE>>  What is not clear what causes makenl to crash on OS/2. If it is
 >KvE>> something not in line with the specs, it should produce an error
 >KvE>> message, so it is something more serious.
 >RW> I do not have an OS/2 machine to varify that.
 >
 >
 >KvE>>  Lets hope that we can entice Ulrich to have a go, or whoever
 >KvE>> compiled the executables for OS/2.
 >RW> ?
 >
 > OS/2 revision of binkley-xe I'd compiled, but this gcc3 environment
 > doesn't give me a chance to compile with the existing makefiles :-P
 > so I'm currently limited testing with the DOS revision of rev3.3.3
 > of makenl_ng
 > The v3.3.3 package doesn't includes any executables :-P
 >
 >
 >KvE>>  As a last thought, there should not be a problem in using
 >KvE>> NLMAKE, if it can handle the envisioned changes to the nodelist.
 >RW> Apparently it does have a problem as it doesn't like the segment
 >RW> without a PVT flag and -Unpublished- in the phone field either. That
 >RW> is why the two keywords are commented out in my segment and node 10 is
 >RW> flying PVT and 000 etc. numbers in the phone field. Once MNL can work
 >RW> with an OS/2 system, I can uncomment those two keywords, revise the
 >RW> node 10 line and forward my revised segment to my RC...
 >
 > so the test scenario is identified to check against, but currently
 > I cannot reproduce any crash under winxp nor under os/2 with the
 > compiled DOS executable in a DOS box
 >
 > For further testing I'm still await an OS/2 executable or a working
 > makefile script in my inbound  =:)
 >
 >RW>          R\%/itt
 >
 > regards, uli   ;-)
 >
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