re: [bug-idutils] bug in lisp scanner

[matthew green]

> matthew green wrote:
> > hello.
> >
> > i had to apply this patch to stop mkid from cpu-spinning on some
> > .el inputs (eg, gettext's gettext-tools/misc/po-mode.el).  i didn't
> > track exactly what was happening, just noticed that it was possible
> > for the EOF handling to be done poorly.
> >
> > it would be great if you included this or a similar patch in future
> > releases.  thanks!
> ...
> > --- libidu/scanners.c.orig  2010-12-11 15:27:10.000000000 -0800
> 
> Thank you for the report and patch.
> 
> I cannot reproduce any such failure using the latest mkid built
> from git against the sources of gettext from git.  So, please tell
> us which version of mkid you're using (mkid --version) and if it's
> not 4.5, please get that latest release, retry, and report what
> happens.

ah, i have 4.2.  i'll try updating and see what happens.


.mrg.