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From: vandys@cisco.com (Andrew Valencia)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Patch for backgammon
Date: 22 Nov 93 22:02:26 GMT
Organization: cisco Systems
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Message-ID: <vandys.754005746@cisco.com>
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backgammon will core dump if the optimizer is used to compile the game.
Add the following patch to /usr/src/backgammon/backgammon/move.c to fix this.
I also have patches to convert the game to <termios.h>, but the current
FreeBSD V7 interface seems to work pretty well.

					Andy


*** move.old	Mon Nov 22 14:45:32 1993
--- move.c	Mon Nov 22 14:43:22 1993
***************
*** 353,360 ****
--- 353,361 ----
  	}
  
  	new = freeq;
  	freeq = freeq->b_next;
+ 	return(new);
  }
  
  pickmove ()  {
  						/* current game position */