Re: go about releasing 0.93

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:

> As usual, there are many pending tasks, but I'm going to release 0.93
> really soon. Please try the CVS version. If no serious problem is
> found, I'll announce the new version in a week.

OK, I tried the CVS version and that's what I found.  I'm very busy and
I'm not asking somebody to help, so I didn't try to search documentation
and the archives.  If something was reported or I'm just doing something
stupid, please ignore it.

I was using
./configure --enable-3c90x

The warnings from make are attached.  I don't know if anybody cares, but 
since there is a long list of -W options, somebody should care.  The 
warnings are produced by gcc 3.2 from Red Hat 8.0.

The installation by grub-install was flawless.

When I rebooted, the menu was fine.  However, when I pressed "c", the 
cursor was missing.  I could type and execute any commands, I just could 
not see the cursor.  The old version (it also was from CVS, and I don't 
remember when I compiled it) did show the cursor properly.

Later I found that if I run "testvbe 0x101" and press Enter during the 
test, the cursor appears.  It's a normal blinking cursor.  However, if I 
reload grub by chainloading, the cursor disappears:

root (hd0)
chainloader +1
boot

I'm using A-Open AK-33 motherboard (VIA KT133 chipset) and Matrox G450.

Networking functions seem to be fine, although I don't have a tftp server.  
At least grub could get an IP address from my cable modem :-)

Loading of different operating systems also seems to be OK (Linux, FreeBSD
4.6, memtest 3.0, chainload to BeOS).

Now a minor issue.  The help for "terminfo" sounds wrong:

"Use this command to define escape sequences, unless it is 
vt100-compatible"

"unless" is not always "if not".  This sentence sounds like that 
"terminfo" cannot be used on vt100-compatible terminals.  Patch:

=============================
--- stage2/builtins.c
+++ stage2/builtins.c
@@ -4225,8 +4225,8 @@ static struct builtin builtin_terminfo =
   "terminfo [--name=NAME --cursor-address=SEQ [--clear-screen=SEQ]"
   " [--enter-standout-mode=SEQ] [--exit-standout-mode=SEQ]]",
   
-  "Define the capabilities of your terminal. Use this command to"
-  " define escape sequences, unless it is vt100-compatible."
+  "Define the capabilities of your terminal. If it's not"
+  " vt100-compatible, use this command to redefine escape sequences."
   " You may use \\e for ESC and ^X for a control character."
   " If no option is specified, the current settings are printed."
 };
=============================

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

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