Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Kari Hurtta
Peter T. Breuer: > oboe:/usr/oboe/ptb% elm > I can't understand keyword "local-fast-lookup" in line 18 in ".elm/elmrc" > file > Fix .elm/elmrc or let elm rebuild elmrc with option '-w' > > followed by bailout. > > So the workaround is untenable on a system with NFS shared home > directorie

Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Kari Hurtta
Peter T. Breuer: > > That option have following description: > > > > # If set indicates that directory listing not needed for lookup > > ?? Double dutch! Lookup of what? What directory listing? > > > # Need to be unset, if same character on local-fs-charset is several > > # repesentations (or en

Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Peter T. Breuer
"A month of sundays ago Kari Hurtta wrote:" > Peter T. Breuer: > > oboe:/usr/oboe/ptb% elm > > I can't understand keyword "local-fast-lookup" in line 18 in ".elm/elmrc" > > file > > Fix .elm/elmrc or let elm rebuild elmrc with option '-w' > > > > followed by bailout. > > > > So the workaro

Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Kari Hurtta
Peter T. Breuer: > IMO it's simply a programming error, and the simplest thing is to > correct it. Are you saying that this behaviour is _intentional_? What is > its objective? Doing directory lookup is _intentional_. Statting perhaps can be delayed until someone asks flags for entry from Elm's i

Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Peter T. Breuer
"A month of sundays ago Kari Hurtta wrote:" > Peter T. Breuer: > > IMO it's simply a programming error, and the simplest thing is to > > correct it. Are you saying that this behaviour is _intentional_? What is > > its objective? > > Doing directory lookup is _intentional_. Then what is its intent

Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Kari E. Hurtta
Peter T. Breuer: > Yes, statting is precisely the problem. Or more accurately, statting > all the entries BENEATH all the directories that form initial segments > of the path to the system mailbox is the problem. You claim that. elm -f does new_browser(..) [see src/init.c] but w

Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Kari E. Hurtta
Peter T. Breuer: > > Statting perhaps can be delayed until someone asks flags > > for entry from Elm's internal directory browser. > > Flags for entry? Asks FOR flags? I'm afraid I don't follow .. what is > this about flags? And what is an internal directory browser .. elm > doesn't browse, d

Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Peter T. Breuer
"A month of sundays ago Kari E. Hurtta wrote:" > Peter T. Breuer: > > Yes, statting is precisely the problem. Or more accurately, statting > > all the entries BENEATH all the directories that form initial segments > > of the path to the system mailbox is the problem. > > You claim that. > > elm

Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Peter T. Breuer
"A month of sundays ago Kari E. Hurtta wrote:" > Peter T. Breuer: > > Flags for entry? Asks FOR flags? I'm afraid I don't follow .. what is > > this about flags? And what is an internal directory browser .. elm > > doesn't browse, does it? It shows you all mailboxes if you type an > > asteris

Bug#134742: Spying at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134742

2002-06-05 Thread Peter T. Breuer
"A month of sundays ago Kari E. Hurtta wrote:" > That is on chapter "Folder and file browser" on file README.ME+ Ecch .. I've just looked at that file. If it has chapters, that's news. It looks like a mess and nothing more. OK! I've now compiled elm with JUST DOTLOCKING, yay, and it no longer ha

Bug#149131: clisp accepts, as accessor to object, name that conflicts with build-in function

2002-06-05 Thread Jan Gregor
Package: clisp Version: 1:2.27-0.5 Severity: wishlist I wrote in clisp program that defines class with accessor to one of its slots called type. I tried to run this program under Harlequin Lisp and Alegro. Both reported an error, Harlequin said that type conflicts with function visible from COMMO