Re: BUG REPORT: Website META Language 1.7.2 (28-06-1999)

[Michael McNamara <nospam@thanx>]

Gerfried Fuchs writes:
 > On 06 Sep 1999, Denis Barbier <barbier@imacs.polytechnique.fr> wrote:
 > > > -S /usr/local/lib/wml/include/  -I /INCLUDES  -s 'sys/bootmhc.wml' -s
 > >                                      ^^^^^^^^^
 > > Now, we have to find why INCLUDES has been replaced by /INCLUDES.
 > > Any clue?
 > 
 >  None at all! As I said - the same tgz-package works at home *scratches*
 > 
 > > Try ``cat -v .wmlrc'' to see whether there are control characters in
 > > your file.
 > 
 >  None at all.... I include it here again, just read it in with no
 > further changes:
 > --------
 > -IINCLUDES
 > --------
 > 
 > > Another hint: when redirecting output, it is a good idea to call wml
 > > with the -q option to suppress printing of '-\|/-\|/-'
 > 
 >  O.k., thanks for that :)
 > 
 >  I am also using just a tgz'ed copy of the files I have at home and did
 > put them on the server.....
 > 
 >  I think this is a very special problem - well, I think I'll do an alias
 > for that for a first workaround and wait for the next version; maybe
 > it's just a collection of strange situations that produces this "error".
 > I don't really think that it's a bug in wml, I thought that maybe one of
 > you knows what might be going on here....  Thanks alot anyway, Denis,
 > for not giving in, just like me at the moment.... *sighs*
 > 

I'd suggest you reboot the machine that is having problems - could be
something wedged with the filesystem.  If it is a PC, run scandisk on
it; if it is Unix, then things should be cleaned up by a reboot.


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