AT&T Unix Sys V (from AT&T); how do I get bug fixes?
Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs
wcs at cbnewsh.att.com
Tue Mar 26 13:37:19 AEST 1991
In article <1991Mar21.215229.3618 at banzai.PCC.COM> john at banzai.PCC.COM (John Canning) writes:
]In article <221 at picker.Picker.COM> gaeta at pacs.picker.com (jay gaeta) writes:
]>I am running AT&T Unix Sys V Rel. 3.2.2 (from AT&T). There are a
]>couple of bugs that I would like to get a fix for:
]>
]>1) The vi editor won't work on large files. (I know I can get
]>public domain versions and port them but it seems like a brute force
]>approach.)
Sigh. I wish they'd fix this, it's trivial.
About N>8 years ago, I fixed this for vi Version 3.7,
the termcap version, on the machines I was running.
Editing N-Megabyte files was very convenient.
Do you have source? It's probably changed somewhat, but
the right combination of compile-time options did the trick.
The basic issue was that the VMUNIX flag told vi two things:
- you've got virtual memory, so make your tables nice and big,
- you're running Berkeley Unix, so do something-or-other
and there was a flag to turn it back off.
]Call the AT&T Hotline at 800-922-0354. When you purchased Unix, you
]also purchased 90 days of free support for the product.
It's worth a try. Or get GNU emacs, and use vi-mode.
--
Pray for peace;
Bill
# Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ
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