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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/HISTORY | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libsystem_dummy.c | 16 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/HISTORY b/doc/HISTORY index 4b06c188..b37be8cd 100644 --- a/doc/HISTORY +++ b/doc/HISTORY @@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ not yet BJH Release 10.79.00 pnmtojpeg: fix array bounds violation in argument list. Always broken (pnmtojpeg was new to Netpbm in Netpbm 8.2 (March 2000). + Windows: fix bug: pm_system_lp() and pm_system_vp() fail + silently instead of with a clear error message in an environment + that does not provide Unix process management. Always broken. + (pm_system_lp and pm_system_vp were new in Netpbm 10.40 + (September 2007), but wouldn't even compile until Netpbm 10.42 + (March 2008)). + Debian packaging: fix bug: don't try to include Manweb files, as it is no longer packaged by 'make package'. diff --git a/lib/libsystem_dummy.c b/lib/libsystem_dummy.c index c89b4d5d..97dd8984 100644 --- a/lib/libsystem_dummy.c +++ b/lib/libsystem_dummy.c @@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ pm_system_vp(const char * const progName, void * const feederParm, void stdoutAccepter(int, void *), void * const accepterParm) { + + pm_error("This program wants to run another program using pm_system_vp() " + "in the libnetpbm library, but libnetpbm was built without " + "the pm_system_vp() facility -- probably because this system " + "doesn't have the process management facilities pm_system() " + "requires."); } void @@ -30,6 +36,12 @@ pm_system_lp(const char * const progName, void stdoutAccepter(int, void *), void * const accepterParm, ...) { + + pm_error("This program wants to run another program using pm_system_lp() " + "in the libnetpbm library, but libnetpbm was built without " + "the pm_system_lp() facility -- probably because this system " + "doesn't have the process management facilities pm_system() " + "requires."); } void @@ -39,8 +51,8 @@ pm_system(void stdinFeeder(int, void *), void * const accepterParm, const char * const shellCommand) { - pm_error("This program wants to run another program using pm_system() in " - "the libnetpbm library, but libnetpbm was built without " + pm_error("This program wants to run another program using pm_system() " + "in the libnetpbm library, but libnetpbm was built without " "the pm_system() facility -- probably because this system " "doesn't have the process management facilities pm_system() " "requires."); |