Re: LYNX-DEV ac98: 1.) configure,

[T.E.Dickey]

> I don't know why a KEY_foo isn't needed for REMOVE_KEY in the devel code,
> but since it isn't, I have no way to track it down on Scott's SPARC and
> add a case for it.
I kept the case, figuring that in your test it was masked by an equivalent
code some other place, but that in general you'd want the codes in case they
were distinct.  Anyway, it's checked in as #99, so you'll be able to compare.
 
> >Also am not sure about the VMS problem: the symptoms point to something
> >have gotten trashed that's only picked up when 'exit()' runs (e.g., a
> >signal handler or a file-pointer).  Since I don't test on VMS, I didn't
> >see that - I didn't see it months ago when I did a test there.
> 
>       I posted a message about that.  Since the problem is identical
> in the devel code and 2.7.1fm, and that stderr redirection trick is
> done identically in the two code sets, it's a good bet.  The problem
> seems specific to VAXC or VAXen.  It works fine with DECC on VMS/AXP.
> There are other problems for VMS in the devel code which the old
> VAXC compilers don't report (but they don't matter if this problem
> isn't solved :).
I saw that, will have to restudy the code (had the impression that 'exit'
was not redefined at that point).  The assignment to stderr may/may not be
portable (if you had to refer to fileno some place it wouldn't be, but
that's the only thing that comes to mind).
 
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