Re: GNU Chess 5.06 inputstr corruption

[Simon Waters]

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address@hidden wrote:
> GNU Chess 5.06 inputstr corruption
>
> XBoard version: 4.2.6
>
> Inputstr can be corrupted by starting
> a new xboard that uses gnuchess, then resetting the game from xboard
> when computer thinks its move.
> When new game starts after reset and you make your second move,
> gnuchess will get corrupted inputstr, always something
> like "time 29727". And after single stepping some more inputstr changes to
> "otim 29727". Can someone who has clear view of how gnuchess works to look
> at this?

time and otim are valid commands from xboard to GNU Chess, what was the
problem this resulted in?

There were various issues with the thread handling in 5.06.

The tarball at;

http://www.wretched.demon.co.uk/R507

will form the 5.07 release, try it if 5.06 version is causing problems
related to threading.

Also useful to know what OS you are using, mostly so we can berate you
to install thread patches if it is an old version of Solaris ;-)

 Simon
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