[Coco] Init v3.3.0 contains incorrect version number for build

[Tormod Volden]

Hi Kip,

The build system uses soft links in many places, maybe this is broken
in your build environment. Thanks for mentioning that you are using
Cygwin, do you have more details on this and the rest of your build
environment?

My question to all the Cygwin users out there, was this always broken
for you? The build system uses "ln -s" (see rules.mak) to create soft
links.

Are many people using Cygwin? Is there any advantage over using MinGW?
I know that using MinGW on Windows (7 64-bit is what I have tested on)
is super slow, more than 10 times slower than building on Linux on the
same hardware. So if Cygwin is faster I can understand you are using
it instead!

Regards,
Tormod


On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Kip Koon wrote:
> Hi Tormod!
> Ok, I'll put my info at the bottom of my emails from now on.  I've been
> wondering about continuing to put all that info at the top of my emails
> since the Coco list's header problem had been fixed.  :)
> As to the version number problem in the boot up message being incorrect in
> my local build of NitrOS-9 v3.3.0, ever since I had hg pulled the v3.3.0
> updates the v3.2.9 version number had been displayed in the initial boot up
> message - that is until today.  I have been chasing down the problem with
> the errmsg file not containing the correct error messages for several days
> now.  In fact it only has a symbolic link to the Level1 errmsg file which I
> checked and it is correct.  The level1 errmsg file has all the correct error
> messages - 4KB worth.  However the nitros9/level2/coco3/sys/errmsg file
> still contains what looks like a symlink to nitros9/level1/sys/errmsg file.
> The nitros9/level2/coco3/sys/errmsg file is the first attachment.  Also the
> nitros9/level2/coco3_6309/sys/errmsg file also contains the same symlink and
> is the second attachment to this email.  Both of these files are identical
> in content.  I deleted both files from my repo and rebuilt the Nitros9 build
> and they reappeared.  It was then that I realized that both of these files
> are created during the build process.  I booted the NOS96309L2v030300 Becker
> Coco3.dsk disk image file to double check the contents of the errmsg file
> and it was still incorrect.  I was however pleased to see the version number
> in the Boot up Message had changed to v3.3.0!  Why this happened as a result
> of deleting both errmsg files in the two above directories, I don't know.
> Cool, one problem solved, but I still have the errmsg problem.
> Then I looked at the file sizes for all the files in the sys folder on the
> same NOS96309L2V030300 Becker Coco3.dsk disk image file and decided to check
> out the password file.  Guess what, it has the same contents as the errmsg
> file does only it points to the password file instead.  Both password files
> are also identical.  I attached all four files in case any of you wish to
> see them.
> Why do both of the Coco3/sys and Coco3_6309 /sys errmsg files contain a
> symlink to the level1/sys/errmsg file?  I think I know, so only one errmsg
> would need to be updated if any changes would ever be necessary.  If these
> files are correct then what else might be wrong with my local Nitros9 repo
> and/or in my CYGWIN setup?  Just to make sure everything is correct I
> decided to check my local repo of LWTools to see if there had been any
> updates as I had not updated LWTools in a while.  I did not expect anything
> to show up, however a bunch of updates were downloaded so I rebuilt LWTools
> and then rebuilt Nitros9 again.  Actually I've rebuilt Nitros9 a number of
> times over the last few days.  The errmsg file is still wrong for the same
> NOS96309L2V030300 Becker Coco3.dsk disk image file.  I have not checked any
> other .dsk image files so far.
> Please excuse the long email, but I wanted you to know that I'm really
> working to fix these problems.  If any of you guys have any suggestions
> please let me know.  Thank you for your help thus far.  I appreciate it all
> very much.
> Kip
>
> Kip Koon
> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
> http://computerpcdoc.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Tormod Volden
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:26 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Init v3.3.0 contains incorrect version number for build
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 5:11 AM, Kip Koon wrote:
>> Kip Koon
>>
>>  <mailto:computerdoc at sc.rr.com> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
>>
>>  <http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon>
>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
>>
>>  <http://computerpcdoc.com/> http://computerpcdoc.com/
>
> Hi Kip,
>
> You might not need all that on /top/ of your posts any longer :)
>
>> Hi NitrOS-9 Maintainers!
>>
>> The Init module for NitrOS-9 v3.3.0 incorrectly contains the v3.2.9
>> version number in the text.  I just did an hg pull and hg update from
>> the master repo to make sure I had the latest files.  Can anyone else
> confirm this.
>> Thanks a bunch.
>
> Exactly which file are you talking about?
>
> Tormod
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