[Gcl-devel] fix to read-char-no-hang in 2_6_8pre and HEAD

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!

Harald Geyer <address@hidden> writes:

> [ This is a private reply, because it is not really relevant for the ML]
> 
> Hi Camm!
> 
> > Greetings!  Two simple i/o problems I wanted to ask the list about:
> > (using gcl, 2.6.8pre):
> > 
> > 1) no startup banner, just "Maxima restarted"
> > 2) load(ctensor);csetup(); -> loop over reading an empty line.
> 
> ad 2)
> This somewhat sounds like the asksign problem I reported some time
> ago to both: The maxima ML and the Debien BTS #363909
> 
> This was with gcl 2.6.7-14. Is there a package of 2.6.8pre for etch?
> I switched to clisp because of this issue, but I'd like to give gcl
> a try again...


OK, I think I just fixed this in cvs.  Will try to upload soon.  In
the meantime, you can build from cvs source yourself if you are so
inclined. 

export CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/gcl
cvs -z9 -q co -d gcl-2.6.8pre -r Version_2_6_8pre gcl

Take care,

> 
> Regards,
> Harald
> 
> 
> 

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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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