Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-17 Thread Nicolas Duboc
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 03:09:13PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > > I'm making a new release, 2.2.22, which adds an entry to the FAQ and > mentions the change in boolean syntax in NEWS. Ok, I will be offline for one week from now. I will look at this when I come back. Thanks, -- Nicolas D

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-17 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Nicolas Duboc wrote: On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 06:30:17PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: You're basically right, but I'm not going to because I don't have the will to write and debug the code. I should perhaps instead have bumped the version number to 2.4. It would not ha

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-15 Thread Nicolas Duboc
On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 06:30:17PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Nicolas Duboc wrote: > > I think a better solution is to support, or at least detect, previous > >file format. > > You're basically right, but I'm not going to because I don't have the will to > write and debug

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-14 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Nicolas Duboc wrote: Debconf warning are supposed to be for really important notes. I don't think that this problem is important enough. Don't remember that the user is warned through the minibuffer of the bad configuration of the config file. Also this solution would only

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-14 Thread Nicolas Duboc
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 08:59:07PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > I've found and fixed this bug in zile 2.2.21 (out imminently). I confirm the bug is not reproducible with 2.2.21 on pergolesi.d.o (amd64) and merulo.d.o (ia64). Thanks, -- Nicolas Duboc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pgpLhPQgwMU11.pg

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-14 Thread Nicolas Duboc
On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:46:13PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: > > >It's likely that many other users have some variant of the old ~/.zile and > >run > >into problems. Given the situation, I think some warning should be added. > >Some > >suggestions:

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 08:59:07PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: I've found and fixed this bug in zile 2.2.21 (out imminently). Nice :) It was only 64-bit specific because of a(n un)lucky combination of circumstances; basically, I was assuming an int

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-13 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 08:59:07PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > I've found and fixed this bug in zile 2.2.21 (out imminently). Nice :) > It was > only 64-bit specific because of a(n un)lucky combination of > circumstances; basically, I was assuming an int was positive, but it > didn't matter

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
I've found and fixed this bug in zile 2.2.21 (out imminently). It was only 64-bit specific because of a(n un)lucky combination of circumstances; basically, I was assuming an int was positive, but it didn't matter on 32-bit machines because the only negative value it ever took was -1, which == U

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-13 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Nicolas Duboc wrote: However it seems that the caracter (0xFF) is inserted when the error message is deleted from the minibuffer. Got it. Thanks for the clarification. I'll try to find the cause. -- http://rrt.sc3d.org/ | think tank, n. a safe container for noxious gas

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-12 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: Funny. Seems like it only happens on amd64. More details: - It happens a few (~3) seconds after you save your file. - If during this period you hit another key (arrows, type stuff, etc), then the spurious 0xFF byte won't be inserted. I have no i

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-12 Thread Nicolas Duboc
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 07:48:33PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > I've now investigated this bug with zile 2.2.20 and the sample .zile file > from 2.2.13 (as per the report) on an x86_64 machine (sadly, > not Debian, I couldn't arrange that; it's running CentOS 4.1). > > I do of course get the "n

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-11 Thread Reuben Thomas
I've now investigated this bug with zile 2.2.20 and the sample .zile file from 2.2.13 (as per the report) on an x86_64 machine (sadly, not Debian, I couldn't arrange that; it's running CentOS 4.1). I do of course get the "no such file or directory message", but that is a normal minibuffer erro

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-08 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:44:30PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: > > >On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 06:22:55PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > >> > >>I also can't see why a character should be inserted by save-buffer, and > >>I can't make it happen either. > >> > >

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-06 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 06:22:55PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: I also can't see why a character should be inserted by save-buffer, and I can't make it happen either. If you can repro either bug in 2.2.19 (released about now) I'd be most grateful for an

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-06 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: It's likely that many other users have some variant of the old ~/.zile and run into problems. Given the situation, I think some warning should be added. Some suggestions: - Detect the old syntax and abort. - Add a debconf warning (with high priority

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-06 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 06:22:55PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: > > >Please could this be reverted? It causes zile to print a "No such file > >or directory" error during runtime, adds a weird char to your buffer > >(0xff), and your usual /tmp/foo~ file is

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-06 Thread Robert Millan
On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 06:12:02PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: > > >$ strace zile /tmp/foo 2> /tmp/strace.log > >$ grep ENOENT /tmp/strace.log > >[...] > >rename("/tmp/foo", "/home/rmh/.backup/!tmp!foo~") = -1 ENOENT (No such > >file or directory) > >[...

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-06 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: $ strace zile /tmp/foo 2> /tmp/strace.log $ grep ENOENT /tmp/strace.log [...] rename("/tmp/foo", "/home/rmh/.backup/!tmp!foo~") = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) [...] I think you've been caught out by the change in booleans: "true" is now "t" an

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-06 Thread Reuben Thomas
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Robert Millan wrote: Please could this be reverted? It causes zile to print a "No such file or directory" error during runtime, adds a weird char to your buffer (0xff), and your usual /tmp/foo~ file is not there anymore. I'm puzzled by the above behaviour. I can't repro it

Bug#385977: does weird things with backup files

2006-09-04 Thread Robert Millan
Package: zile Version: 2.2.18-1 Severity: important $ strace zile /tmp/foo 2> /tmp/strace.log $ grep ENOENT /tmp/strace.log [...] rename("/tmp/foo", "/home/rmh/.backup/!tmp!foo~") = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) [...] Please could this be reverted? It causes zile to print a "No such file