[290] in Zephyr_Bugs
xzwrite: warnings need fixing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Calvin Clark)
Mon Jul 1 14:10:51 1991
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 91 14:10:47 -0400
From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bug-zephyr@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: ckclark@mit.edu
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject: rt 7.2R: debugging message from xzwrite
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 19:37:13 EDT
From: Jaspan@Barr3y, bjaspan@mit.edu <bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
System name: bill-the-cat
Type and version: RTPC-ROMPC 7.2R
Display type: apa16
What were you trying to do?
Use xzwrite.
What's wrong:
There is some debugging output in xzwrite that causes it to warn users
when it gets unexpected notices. There is also a bug in the Zephyr
library that causes LOCATE notices to be passed to the client. The
result is that xzwrite spits out "Unexpected notice" followed by a
display of all the fields each time it happens.
What should have happened:
1. The bug in the zephyr library should be fixed, if possible.
Clients should never see the notice result of ZLocateUser.
2. The warning message from xzwrite should be toggled on the "debug"
resource or removed.
3. If left in, the warning message (and all error messages) should
identify which program it is coming from.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
xzwrite(1), Zephyr Prog. Manual
