> 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 ,10,CompTA_Radical,San_Antonio_TX,Roy_Witt,-Unpublished-,300,CM,MO,XX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 Testline A: corrected to Pvt,..,-Unpublished-,..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 Testline B: kept intact ,...,-Unpublished-,...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 Testline A: corrected to Pvt,..,-Unpublished-,..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 Testline B: kept intact ,...,-Unpublished-,...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> - 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 The flag "ALLOWUNPUB 1" allows the word "Unpublished" to be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 For a value other than "Unpublished" it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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