Re: aspell on PowerPC (Was: Release-critical Bugreport for February 18, 2000
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, C.M. Connelly wrote:
> >>>>> "SC" == Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com> writes:
>
> SC> I am attaching the response I got from the upstream
> SC> maintainer. He basically says that the bug has most
> SC> probably been fixed in the later versions. I uploaded
> SC> version 0.29 last week to Incoming (the changes file said
> SC> 'unstable; low'). I am in the process of building version
> SC> 0.29.1 I will be uploading it to Incoming later today (am
> SC> going to set the changes file to say 'frozem;medium').
>
> He's wrong -- the problem still exists. But it's easy to fix.
>
> SC> Could someone build and test aspell form the version (0.29
> SC> or 0.29.1) that is available in Incoming on powerpc and
> SC> let me know if things are working?
>
> Nope, aspell 0.29.1 shows the same behavior. If, however, you
> apply this patch:
>
> --- aspell-.29.1/src/aspell.cc-original Wed Feb 23 18:38:47 2000
> +++ aspell-.29.1/src/aspell.cc Wed Feb 23 18:28:28 2000
> @@ -665,9 +665,9 @@
> << "\" for reading.\n";
> exit(-1);
> }
> - char c;
> + int c;
> while ((c = FILE.get()) != EOF) {
> - file += c;
> + file += (char) c;
> }
> }
OK I will apply the patch. It will appear in the next version of aspell.
What every that is. The debain maintainer may apply the patch to the the
debain version.
>
>
> aspell compiles and appears to work (it returns instantly on my
> one sentence testfile, and works interactively with a longer, more
> complicated file).
>
> BTW, there's still no source in incoming -- I grabbed it from
> Kevin's site.
>
> Claire
>
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
> Behind the counter a boy with a shaven head stared vacantly into space,
> a dozen spikes of microsoft protruding from the socket behind his ear.
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
> C.M. Connelly c@eskimo.com SHC, DS
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
>
Kevin Atkinson
kevinatk@home.com
http://metalab.unc.edu/kevina/
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