Re: [9fans] a bug in awk?

2009-01-10 Thread erik quanstrom
>> is there some reason that the regular strtod is unsuitable for >> ape? > > for one thing, the regular (= plan 9 libc) strtod doesn't set errno. i didn't say exactly what i ment. would adding errno setting and potentially altering return values (i'm not clear if this is necessary) be sufficien

Re: [9fans] a bug in awk?

2009-01-10 Thread Russ Cox
> is there some reason that the regular strtod is unsuitable for > ape? for one thing, the regular (= plan 9 libc) strtod doesn't set errno. russ

[9fans] mplayer fullscreen with plan9port rio

2009-01-10 Thread Mathieu
Hello, When starting mplayer from a terminal in plan9port rio, the window in which mplayer starts automatically gets the focus. Then if I do not set the focus again on the terminal, and if I switch to fullscreen by pressing 'f', I loose all control over mplayer (can't quit, can't go back to window

Re: [9fans] a bug in awk?

2009-01-10 Thread erik quanstrom
> For what it's worth, bwk awk does not have this problem, so the error > must be in code introduced later. > >> Note the 5946903e318 which AWK may mistakenly treat as a floating >> point constant. Now to figure how to prevent such errors... from the better than nothin' department ... i have an

Re: [9fans] dealing with spam

2009-01-10 Thread erik quanstrom
> If nupas gets installed to /$objtype/bin/nupas, what files will I need > to update to make sure everything uses nupas rather than the old > upas? I'm assuming stuff in the listen scripts, any references in my > profile, but anything else? i didn't put this on sources because i thought it would b

Re: [9fans] dealing with spam

2009-01-10 Thread john
>> 2. If I update /mail/lib/blocked, do I have to restart smtpd in order >> to get the changes? >> >> 3. What's the best way to restart smtpd? > > smtpd is not a daemon. smtpd is started from listen. > so what you do is ... nothing. Looks like I just wasn't thinking about how listen works. Th

Re: [9fans] dealing with spam

2009-01-10 Thread erik quanstrom
> 2. If I update /mail/lib/blocked, do I have to restart smtpd in order > to get the changes? > > 3. What's the best way to restart smtpd? smtpd is not a daemon. smtpd is started from listen. so what you do is ... nothing. > 1. What do I need to do in order to drop nupas into my system? 1.

Re: [9fans] a bug in awk?

2009-01-10 Thread erik quanstrom
> For what it's worth, bwk awk does not have this problem, so the error > must be in code introduced later. > >> Note the 5946903e318 which AWK may mistakenly treat as a floating >> point constant. Now to figure how to prevent such errors... not exactly. i believe this is an ape problem. i don

Re: [9fans] dealing with spam

2009-01-10 Thread john
> On Thu Jan 8 14:59:57 EST 2009, slawmas...@gmail.com wrote: >> Starting today, my account on my Plan 9 server has been getting tons >> of "free coupons", "free Dell XPS", "Student loans!" spam, apparently >> from one operator, since every domainname is in the form >> .com or , like eggnavajo.com

Re: [9fans] a bug in awk?

2009-01-10 Thread John Stalker
For what it's worth, bwk awk does not have this problem, so the error must be in code introduced later. > Note the 5946903e318 which AWK may mistakenly treat as a floating > point constant. Now to figure how to prevent such errors... -- John Stalker School of Mathematics Trinity College Dublin t