[TUHS] SYSTEM V R1 HELP
Larry McVoy
lm at mcvoy.com
Sat Dec 23 10:21:46 AEST 2017
On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 11:19:30AM +1100, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2017, Random832 wrote:
>
> >I've got it. The problem is with putc (actually _flsbuf), and it is
> >precisely *because* stderr is unbuffered.
> >
> >#define putc(x, p) (--(p)->_cnt >= 0 ? \
> > ((int) (*(p)->_ptr++ = (unsigned char) (x))) : \
> > _flsbuf((unsigned char) (x), (p)))
>
> [...]
>
> That, sir, is one brilliant piece of analysis; well done! Of course, in
> hindsight it's bleedin' obvious :-)
I'm curious as to which release of System V fixed this. The SVR4 was the
release that gained (some) traction, was it busted until then?
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