Re: [MiNT] Problem with cnews and ext2fs

[Mario Becroft <mb@tos.pl.net>]

On Fri, 21 May 1999, Frank Naumann wrote:

> If this are old binaries compiled with an old MiNT-Lib they eventually 
> depending on some MinixFS specific Dcntl() that are not implemented in 
> ext2fs. I can send you a debug version from the ext2fs to see if this 
> happens.

I just checked that and the mintlib version is pl 44, which is quite old.
Well I just obtained the cnews distribution from ftp.toronto.edu and
although I have not tested it thoroughly yet, compiled with a more recent
mintlib it seems to be working ok.

Thanks for your helpful answer.

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