Re: Errors in 2.0.103? (Re: 1.7.91?)

These are busybox problems, I am retesting now with a newer version of
busybox, that I think at least fixes the gzip problem. -Tom

On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Guentcho Skordev wrote:

> Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 23:26:22 +0100
> From: Guentcho Skordev <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [tomsrtbt] Errors in 2.0.103? (Re: 1.7.91?)
>
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 06:08:37PM +0100, Guentcho Skordev wrote:
> > Some time ago (maybe not more than a month ago?) I have downloaded
> > tomsrtbt 1.7.91, I don't know from anymore which site (is there a
> > version history?). There were some problems:
> >
> > 	date didn't work
> > 	touch didn't create files
> > 	gzip -dc sometimes deleted the files!
>
> and mv had some errors too.
>
> Today I have tested it with tomsrtbt 2.0.103 and there were the same
> problems:
>  1. gzip -dc or gzip -d -c erased the files after/while viewing!
>      I have lost some HOWTOs this way.
>  2. date says "Illegal instruction"
>  3. touch doesn't create files and there isn't an error message
>  4. mv doesn't print an error message when
>       - the file doesn't exist
>       - there is only one argument
>       - moving between filesystems (it seems that nothing happens).
>
> I wonder if I am the only one who has these problems.
> The gzip behaviour is dangerous. Now I am switching back to 1.7.84.
>
> Regards
> Guentcho
>