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Please download this and confirm 6 bugs - 5 of 6 done :-) (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 18.01.2009, 08:10

> Even in VMware.

For that cost

> This seems to be a little complicated. It could be a FreeDOS kernel,
> FreeCOM, DJGPP RTL, or BIEW problem.

This time it exceptionally isn't a bug of FreeDOS since with EDR-DOS the trouble is the very same ... just marginal differences in wording of the whining.

> BIEW uses popen() to scan for NASM/YASM.

WOW The truth is out: all the DJ?????? files are form popen ...

> I'm not sure this call is fully supported in DJGPP.

WATCOM and CC386 don't attempt to fake it for DOS target, I did have trouble here when compiling GIFSICLE

> At least in djdev204 it's broken (but fixed in CVS)
> according to Juan Manuel Guerrero.

Truth is out.

> But in general pointing SHELL/COMSPEC
> to another binary should work.

But doesn't with BIEW.

> So it could also be a FreeDOS bug.

NO, see above.

> Eric Auer is probably interested in this.
> Maybe we should invite all those people to become members of this forum.

YES Just Eric IIRC doesn't like forums ...

> Work around: rename FREECOM.COM to COMMAND.COM

Might help but such a rename is not what I like to happen ... killing TEMP or COMSPEC also seems to "help"

> "2>NUL" is probably another BIEW bug

Yeah.

> Yes, this looks wrong. Please report it to Nick!

I will.

> Moving works fine here after changing floppy image format to 2.88M.

My PC doesn't have an "auto-convert into 2.88" button on its floppy drive. So you confirm this one also ... indirectly.

> BIEW loads fine. I moved those files using Volkov Commander.

??? having all 6 of 6 confirmed would be ways too nice

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Complete thread:

• BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.0 available - rr, 21.12.2008, 22:14 (Announce)
  • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.0 available - RayeR, 22.12.2008, 12:47
    • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.0 available - rr, 22.12.2008, 21:38
  • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.0 available - Rugxulo, 23.12.2008, 07:15
    • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.0 available - DOS386, 29.12.2008, 01:36
      • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.0 available - rr, 29.12.2008, 14:59
  • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.1 available - rr, 30.12.2008, 15:06
    • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.1 available | regression ? - DOS386, 30.12.2008, 22:47
      • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.1 available | regression ? - rr, 01.01.2009, 18:10
        • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.1 available | regression ? - DOS386, 02.01.2009, 10:31
          • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.1 available | regression ? - rr, 02.01.2009, 13:15
            • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.1 available | regression ? - rr, 07.01.2009, 20:51
              • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.1 available | regre COMSPEC - DOS386, 12.01.2009, 13:56
                • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.1 available | regre COMSPEC - rr, 12.01.2009, 14:32
                  • Please download this and confirm 6 bugs - DOS386, 15.01.2009, 01:20
                    • Please download this and confirm 6 bugs - rr, 15.01.2009, 22:10
                      • Please download this and confirm 6 bugs - 5 of 6 done :-) - DOS386, 18.01.2009, 08:10
                        • Please download this and confirm 6 bugs - 5 of 6 done :-) - rr, 18.01.2009, 22:12
          • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.1 available | regression ? - RayeR, 05.01.2009, 11:54
  • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.2 available - 0leg, 14.01.2009, 07:19
  • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.3 available - rr, 01.02.2009, 20:23
    • BIEW (Binary vIEW) version 5.7.3 available - DOS386, 24.02.2009, 05:32