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 ,10,CompTA_Radical,San_Antonio_TX,Roy_Witt,-Unpublished-,300,CM,MO,XX   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                    Testline A: corrected to  Pvt,..,-Unpublished-,..   
                    Testline B: kept intact   ,...,-Unpublished-,...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                    Testline A: corrected to  Pvt,..,-Unpublished-,..   
                    Testline B: kept intact   ,...,-Unpublished-,...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)   
      
      
    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  The flag "ALLOWUNPUB 1" allows the word "Unpublished" to be   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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