News 2.11.19 on Ultrix 4.0???

[Brian V. Smith]

In article <14367 at cbmvax.commodore.com>, grr at cbmvax.commodore.com
(George Robbins) writes:
|> In article <421 at ucunix.SAN.UC.EDU> rainwatr at ucunix.san.uc.edu (Don
Rainwater) writes:
|> > I can't compile the file rfuncs2.c because it doesn't like
|> > having fileno(fp) on the lhs of an assignment operator.  (The
offending
|> > lines are 314 and 316 in this file, if you're interested.  314 is
|> > something like "fileno(fp) = -1;" and 316 is "fileno(fp) = fno;")
|> > 
|> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!  Am I doing something
wrong or
|> > is there a problem with Ultrix 4.0???  Thanks in advance.
|> 
|> There's nothing wrong with Ultrix in this case, the fileno()= is
perversion
|> that only "works" if fileno() is a macro, which it certainly isn't
guaranteed
|> to be.  I've heard this one before and I think the fix to the source
turns
|> out to be fairly simple. (but don't ask me)

The fix is to use the form "fp->_file = -1;" and "fp->_file = fno;"

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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith at lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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