Re: BUG REPORT tin 1.9.4 release 20090211 ("Rieclachan") [UNIX]

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 02:24:02PM +0200, Volker Borchert wrote:
> Version: tin 1.9.4 release 20090211 ("Rieclachan") May  7 2009 13:15:00
> Platform:
>         OS-Name  = "sunos4.1.4"
> Any editor invocation is erroneously classified as "failed" in invoke_cmd().
> 
> Neither USE_SYSTEM_STATUS nor IGNORE_SYSTEM_STATUS are defined:
> ./sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4/include/autoconf.h:/* #  undef USE_SYSTEM_STATUS */
> ./sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4/include/autoconf.h:/* #  undef IGNORE_SYSTEM_STATUS */
> 
> tin-1.5.5 works fine on the same system with the same shell and editor.

IGNORE_SYSTEM_STATUS is set when --enable-broken-system-fix is given at
configure time to override broken system()-status implementations. the name
of USE_SYSTEM_STATUS might be a bit confusing as IIRC if it's defined the
system()-status is not evaluated and if it's not defined it is. so in your
case configure detects a usable system()-status (USE_SYSTEM_STATUS not
defined) but it doesn't work and you should configure with
--enable-broken-system-fix like on m88k-dg-dgux5.4R3.00, mips-sei-seiux3.2,
mips-mips-riscos4sysv, m68k-next-openstep4, m68k-apple-aux3.1.1,
m68k-next-nextstep3, m68k-sony-newsos, mips-sony-bsd, hppa1.0-hp-hpux8.00
and m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1_U1 (see http://www.tin.org/builds.html).

we should fix the CF_FUNC_SYSTEM configure macro so the additional configure
option is not needed on those old OSs.

urs
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