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From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Subject: Re: cvs-1.3 is locking up
Message-ID: <1993Apr28.195758.6312@coe.montana.edu>
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 19:57:58 GMT
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In article <C673rG.4xv@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> dean@deanstoy.wa.com writes:
>I also fixed this loop bug (and its really in the system's sigismember
>macro) but there is more wrong with it than this.  There is a fixed
>version of cvs and an updated version of rcs available by anonymous
>ftp from bsd.coe.montana.edu.

FYI - This is a fixed version that Chris D. made available to me.

> I had one problem with the updated with the updated rcs.  The version of
> expr that came with 386bsd does not grok parenthesis.  I worked around
> it by changing a line in conf.sh that looked something like (I am
> working from memory, the files are at home):

>I am now shopping for a fixed eval.  Anyone know where I can find one?

Make sure you use 'ash' as your /bin/sh (NOT bash!), which has a builtin
eval that works. :-)


Nate

ps. There is a new version of expr that works much better in alpha test.
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