Mail Archives: djgpp/2001/06/19/05:16:21
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Graaagh the Mighty wrote:
> Apparently, as of version 4.0 (or earlier) the djgpp port of info no
> longer supports MS-DOS.
Not true: I'm using this port of Info on plain MS-DOS extensively, and I
have yet to see a single problem.
> "info" at a DOS box in Windoze works normally;
> "info" at a pure MS-DOS command prompt grinds for half an hour with
> excessive disk activity, then dies with a segfault!
Please post the entire crash message here. Please also tell what command
line did you use to invoke Info.
FWIW, this is the first segfault report about Info 4.0, IIRC. This is
probably something specific to your system, or some very subtle bug that
is triggered for something on your system.
Some DOS systems might have problems with the way Info switches the
display to 40-line mode. Try setting INFO_LINES=50 in the environment,
before running Info, and see if that helps.
Btw, do you still have an outdated DJGPP installation? Maybe that is
your problem, if you do.
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