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- From: kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.X. Saunders )
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- Subject: Re: SKsh 2.0 and ixemul.library/GCC 2.2.2
- Message-ID: <1992Aug24.021058.14506@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Date: 24 Aug 92 02:10:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug23.181440.4922@ultb.isc.rit.edu> rbm2273@ultb.isc.rit.edu (R.B. Mead ) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug23.143234.2461@ultb.isc.rit.edu> kxs5829@ultb.isc.rit.edu (K.X. Saunders ) writes:
- >> There appears to be a curious interaction between SKsh 2.0 and
- >>programs compiled with Markus Wild's GCC 2.2.2 port, which all use
- >>ixemul.library. It seems that an ixemul.library using program will lose
- >>72 bytes of fast mem when started from SKsh. This does not occur when the
- >>program is started from the standard 2.0 shell. This also does not occur
- >>if a non-ixemul.library using program is started from SKsh 2.0.
- >>
- >> Maybe there is something to the fact that SKsh uses System() and
- >>the standard 2.0 shell uses RunCommand().
- >>
- >
- >Strange number .. this 72! I just noticed, about 2 hours ago, that every
- >time I remake GNU Chess V4 (just the link) I lose *** 72 bytes ***.
- >
- >It happens only when invoked via:
- >
- >Make 1.5 Dec 25 1991 12:24:46
- >Copyright ) 1991 by Ben Eng, All Rights Reserved
- >
- >If I just run the link via gcc (exactly as bmake reported) there is
- >no memory loss.
-
- This makes it seem even more likely that the way a program that uses
- ixemul.library is invoked can lead to the 72 byte memory loss.
-
- Try dmake (NOT Matt Dillon's dmake). I found it on wuarchive or
- amiga.physik.
-
- - Kyle
-
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