Re: [patch]gnu tar 1.19 canonicalize-lgpl_c.gdiff

"John E. Malmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > I just pulled it down and unpacked the tarball for git, but I expect > it will take a while before I can get it working. > > It looks like the fastest thing to do is set up a linux system and > mount a VMS directory through NFS, but I will not be

Re: [patch]gnu tar 1.19 canonicalize-lgpl_c.gdiff

Jim Meyering wrote: "John E. Malmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you're going to contribute much more, you'll have to fill out copyright assignment paperwork. Also (assuming you continue) please provide ChangeLog entries as well as "git format-patch" style diffs, so it's easier to apply.

Re: [patch]gnu tar 1.19 canonicalize-lgpl_c.gdiff

John E. Malmberg wrote: > On VMS, all the system functions start out with decc$. The compiler > uses a table to know what they are and automatically adds the prefix, > unless macro substitution is active. > > Gnulib does the macro substitution, so the real prefixed symbol name is > used to get

Re: [patch]gnu tar 1.19 canonicalize-lgpl_c.gdiff

Bruno Haible wrote: John E. Malmberg wrote: On VMS, think of "// can be any device mounted on the system, or logical name. A logical name behaves like a symbolic link either in the current directory, or in the root directory as far as the file system is concerned, but it is stored in syste

Re: [patch]gnu tar 1.19 canonicalize-lgpl_c.gdiff

Bruno Haible wrote: Jim Meyering wrote: How about the patch below instead? I've moved the prototype down, so that we see the offensive, "$"-containing symbol name only once ;-) It is less understandable than John Malmberg's patch, because - normally you should have a declaration of a functio

Re: [patch]gnu tar 1.19 canonicalize-lgpl_c.gdiff

Jim Meyering wrote: > How about the patch below instead? > I've moved the prototype down, so that we see > the offensive, "$"-containing symbol name only once ;-) It is less understandable than John Malmberg's patch, because - normally you should have a declaration of a function before you start

Re: [patch]gnu tar 1.19 canonicalize-lgpl_c.gdiff

"John E. Malmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Update VMS special code to work with gnulib headers. > > -John > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Personal Opinion Only > --- /src_root/tar-1.19/lib/canonicalize-lgpl.cFri Sep 28 08:11:36 2007 > +++ /stage_vms_src/tar-1.19/lib/canonicalize-lgpl.c Mon Dec

[patch]gnu tar 1.19 canonicalize-lgpl_c.gdiff

Update VMS special code to work with gnulib headers. -John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Opinion Only --- /src_root/tar-1.19/lib/canonicalize-lgpl.c Fri Sep 28 08:11:36 2007 +++ /stage_vms_src/tar-1.19/lib/canonicalize-lgpl.c Mon Dec 17 18:37:41 2007 @@ -68,9 +68,15 @@ # include "pathmax.h" #