> moin Kees,   
    >   
    > Friday May 24 2013 10:01, Roy Witt wrote to you:   
    >   
    >RW>>> ; control file for Net 387 using   
    >RW>>> ; MakeNL v3.3.1 -- Windows 32 Bit Version   
    >RW>>> ; nodelist control file.   
    >RW>>> ;ALLOWUNPUB 1   
    >RW>>> ;MINphone 1   
    >   
    > using in last test   
    >   
    > Allowunpub 1   
    > Minphone 1   
    >   
    > using 2 test lines in a testsegment   
    >   
    > Testline A   
    >   
    >KvE>>  In your case a line with  Pvt,......,000.0.0.0.0,........   
    >KvE>>  produces an error message.   
    >   
    > Testline B   
    >   
    >RW> ,10,CompTA_Radical,San_Antonio_TX,Roy_Witt,-Unpublished-,300,CM,MO,XX   
    >RW> ,   
    >RW> INA: z28krazy.dyndns.org,IBN   
    >   
    > Test 1:   
    > =======   
    > rev 3.3.3 OpenWatcom 1.9 DOS compiled makenl_ng   
    > under WinXP DOS box -> success   
    >                  Testline A: corrected to  Pvt,..,-Unpublished-,..   
    >                  Testline B: kept intact   ,...,-Unpublished-,...   
    >   
    > Test 2:   
    > =======   
    > rev 3.3.3 OpenWatcom 1.9 DOS compiled makenl_ng   
    > under OS/2 warp3 DOS box -> success   
    >                  Testline A: corrected to  Pvt,..,-Unpublished-,..   
    >                  Testline B: kept intact   ,...,-Unpublished-,...   
    >   
    >   
    >   
    >RW> This is the LOG file that MNL created that shows a succesful compile   
    >RW> here.   
    >  RW>   
    >RW> - 11-Jan-2013 11:22:20 makenl[204] MakeNL 3.3.1 (Win32) compiled with   
    >RW> Watcom C on Dec 26 2012 00:19:36   
    >RW> ...   
    >   
    > with similar output :)   
    >   
    >   
    >RW> BTW, as the date of the log indicates, this is how long it has been   
    >RW> since the problem with OS/2 has been known to exist.   
    >   
    > at least the DOS executable in a DOS box under OS/2 warp3 did   
    > results in success   
    >   
    > but there are two hints about 4OS2 and 4DOS addons used under OS/2 ...   
    > As I know 4* as a shell extension under OS/2 and DOS maybe the   
    > reported crash relates to this shell extension ?!?   
    > that I cannot test (no 4OS2, no 4DOS installed, neither available)   
      
      
         Both should be readily available from JPSoft's website, I know the 4OS2   
   is now freeware, albeit non-supported.   
      
      
    >   
    >   
    >KvE>>  The flag "ALLOWUNPUB 1" allows the word "Unpublished" to be   
    >KvE>> used in lines starting with other tags than "Pvt"   
    >RW> Correct. But, using that flag in MNL crashes OS/2...   
    >   
    > without the 4OS2 and 4DOS installed I cannot reproduce this crash   
    > under OS/2 warp3, so there is something special in the used   
    > environment where it crashes   
    >   
    >   
    >KvE>>  The flag "MINPHONE 1" counts the number of "-" separated groups   
    >KvE>> in a telephone number. For a value other than "Unpublished" it   
    >KvE>> should be set to "1" if there are no dashes in the phone number   
    >KvE>> field.   
    >RW> Yes, see above.   
    >   
    >KvE>>  What is not clear what causes makenl to crash on OS/2. If it is   
    >KvE>> something not in line with the specs, it should produce an error   
    >KvE>> message, so it is something more serious.   
    >RW> I do not have an OS/2 machine to varify that.   
    >   
    >   
    >KvE>>  Lets hope that we can entice Ulrich to have a go, or whoever   
    >KvE>> compiled the executables for OS/2.   
    >RW> ?   
    >   
    > OS/2 revision of binkley-xe I'd compiled, but this gcc3 environment   
    > doesn't give me a chance to compile with the existing makefiles :-P   
    > so I'm currently limited testing with the DOS revision of rev3.3.3   
    > of makenl_ng   
    > The v3.3.3 package doesn't includes any executables :-P   
    >   
    >   
    >KvE>>  As a last thought, there should not be a problem in using   
    >KvE>> NLMAKE, if it can handle the envisioned changes to the nodelist.   
    >RW> Apparently it does have a problem as it doesn't like the segment   
    >RW> without a PVT flag and -Unpublished- in the phone field either. That   
    >RW> is why the two keywords are commented out in my segment and node 10 is   
    >RW> flying PVT and 000 etc. numbers in the phone field. Once MNL can work   
    >RW> with an OS/2 system, I can uncomment those two keywords, revise the   
    >RW> node 10 line and forward my revised segment to my RC...   
    >   
    > so the test scenario is identified to check against, but currently   
    > I cannot reproduce any crash under winxp nor under os/2 with the   
    > compiled DOS executable in a DOS box   
    >   
    > For further testing I'm still await an OS/2 executable or a working   
    > makefile script in my inbound  =:)   
    >   
    >RW>          R\%/itt   
    >   
    > regards, uli   ;-)   
    >   
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