AIX secondary shell problem with newer MC

Pavel Roskin proski at gnu.org
Mon Nov 12 21:58:22 UTC 2001


Hello, Alexander!

> I have compiled mc 4.5.51 some time back on AIX 4.3.3 and it works, except
> one very important feature:
> when I close the frames using Control-O, I don't get a proper secondary
> shell (I see only $ prompt and  I can't run commands from there).
> My friend compiled the latest MC, but he also has the same problem.
> Even the mc which comes with IBM's AIX Linux toolbox has the same problem.
> In the older version 4.1.?  this feature works well.
> Any ideas?

Please try version 4.5.55.  When compiling it, please check if 
HAVE_SUBSHELL_SUPPORT is defined in HAVE_SUBSHELL_SUPPORT.  Please tell us 
what is the output of config.guess on your system.  When you compile mc, 
run "mc -V" and send us the output.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin




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