[6764] in SIPB bug reports
Re: exmh bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Morzinski)
Tue Mar 10 21:04:28 1998
To: Bob Hyers <rwhyers@MIT.EDU>, bug-dialup@MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:31:38 -0500."
<199803101431.JAA05670@mint-square.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 21:04:21 EST
From: "Jacob Morzinski" <jmorzins@MIT.EDU>
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Bob Hyers <rwhyers@MIT.EDU> wrote:
>version 2.0.2 2/24/98
>SunOS mint-square 5.5.1 Generic_103640-12 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5
>Tk 4.1 Tcl 7.5
>
>Spell check from the simple editor fails with this message:
>
>tee: /var/adm/spellhist: Permission denied
>/usr/bin/spell[92]: /var/adm/spellhist: cannot create
Thank you for your bug report.
This is actually a problem with the "spell" program on the dialups.
I'm cc'ing this to bug-dialup, to bring it to their attention.
bug-dialup: the "spell" sh script seems to have errors.
Interaction with spell looks like this:
0 mint-square{9}% spell
tee: /var/adm/spellhist: Permission denied
of fo
<hit ^D here>
fo
/usr/bin/spell[92]: /var/adm/spellhist: cannot create
0 mint-square{10}% exit
I've tested on a number of machines: x.dialup, test.dialup, athena.dialup,
as well as bart-savagewood in the SIPB office.
Current Athena suns seem to work properly (mary-kay-commandos,
bobbi-harlow, and x15-cruise-basselope all run "spell" without errors.)
Sincerely,
--
Jacob Morzinski jmorzins@mit.edu
