Re: Re: Ann: 6.0.3 Release

Paul,



    I'm not sure that was entirely necessary as people here have been 
voicing legitimate concerns and discussion in my opinion. In the interest of 
wanting to understand your angle, can I ask what inaccuracies you are 
referring to?



I'm going to be having a talk with a more experienced C++ friend of mine 
next week on my idea for a more efficient processor type algorithm that I 
hinted at a few mails ago.

I have now ascertained why my version was not picking up the x64's but it is 
not quite behaving. I think that it is to do with something higher up the 
Analog source tree.



Chris


"Paul Wade" <paul-Ay7UAFYAMvIwjfG2/[email protected]> wrote 
in message news:196BAF6858BE4077859BB864CB6767F2@QX6800...
>
>> On Friday, October 12, 2007 4:53 PM [EDT],
>> Aengus <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> These lines should replace lines 869-874 in the original tree.c:
>>>
>>>     else if (*(c + 1) == '.' && (*(c + 2) == '2')) {
>>>       if (strstr(whole, "; x64;") != NULL)
>>>         *name = "Windows:Windows XP64";
>>>       else
>>>       *name = "Windows:Windows Server 2003";
>>>       }
>>>     else
>>>       *name = "Windows:Unknown Windows";
>>>   }
>>>   else if (*c =='6')  {
>>>     if (strstr(whole, "; x64;") != NULL)
>>>       *name = "Windows:Windows Vista64";
>>>     else
>>>       *name = "Windows:Windows Vista";
>>>     }
>>>     else if (*c >= '7' && *c <= '9')
>>
>>
>> Okay, I just downloaded the original source from analog.cx, replaced the 
>> lines specified above, and compiled the changes.
>>
>>
>> Note that I tested for  the presence of "; x64;" so the first string, 
>> from the 64-bit version of Firefox, was not identified as running on an 
>> x64 OS, but was identified as Windows Server 2003 (from the NT 5.2 part 
>> of the string). As far as I know, there is no way to tell whether it was 
>> really running on Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP64, and as far as I 
>> can tell, it doesn't really make any difference.
>>
>> I'm doing this as a purely academic exercise, and don't intend to 
>> distribute the executable that I created.
>>
>> Aengus
>
> Aengus,
>
> I tried to post this several times before, but it seems the board was not 
> very well and this is a revised version anyway. It's just to thank you 
> really for your hard work and research on this issue.  I have been 
> appalled by the inaccuracies spouted here over the past few days, with the 
> exception of Alan in Derby using Solaris, but it would seem churlish not 
> to follow this through for those like me who appreciate your time.
>
> With the proviso that this is not a new release and that XP64/Server 2003 
> and Vista/Server 2008 are currently indistinguishable, here is the latest 
> executable compiled to your instructions for those who want to test it. 
> Copy it into your existing Analog 6.0 installation folks.  It has a 
> slightly different name only so you can tell the files apart.  Rename it 
> if you want.
>
> http://www.astrologywizard.com/misc/paul/analog_b.zip (222kb)
>
> By the way, it works.  For 64-bit IE anyway, not for the Firefox alphas...
>
> http://www.astrologywizard.com/misc/paul/vista_64.gif
>
> The fact that XP64 identifies differently from XP, explains why in the 
> past I found a log analyser that could tell them apart.  I've checked and 
> they don't offer this feature now, presumably because of the Server 2003 
> issue.
>
> Anyway, I know which version of Analog I'll be using and whose input I'll 
> be trusting in the future.  To those who just rubbish and don't do 
> anything useful, see you in a few years guys!
>
> Paul
>
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