Bugs (and some fixes)

[Tommy McCabe <rocketjet314@yahoo.com>]

The linker won't link any code segments larger than
64KB. (Fix: Use a different compiler, maybe the one
from FreeDOS or Minix)

The kernel prints out lots of 0's mixed in with the
boot messages on bootup. (Fix: Remove the single
quotes around the 0 in line 139 of
elks/kernel/printk.c)

elks/arch/i86/boot/setup.S won't compile. (Fix: Remove
the parentheses in line 588 of the file)

The more recent versions of ld86 won't link the
kernel. (Fix: Switch the order around in lines 107-111
of elks/arch/i86/Makefile)

The Makefile for elkscmd doesn't pause so you can log
in as root to mount the images.

MAKEDEV/SET bugs:
	1. The MAKESET script is located in the same
directory as the MAKEDEV script, not in /dev. (Fix:
Edit line 17 of the script to say ./MAKESET)
	2. test may be in /usr/bin instead of /bin (like on
my machine). (Fix: Edit line 22 of the script to
remove the /bin)
	3. There is no such thing as a "d" type device. (Fix:
Replace all of the "d" type devices in the script with
"b" (block) type devices)
	4. The MAKEDEV script includes devices even when the
kernel has no support for them.
	5. The script produces devices for all 64 possible
partitions, which consumes a lot of space. (Fix: Edit
the numbers being passed to MAKEDEV to have only 16
partition devices, which is all most people need, or
even 4 partitions, for the smaller drives of older
machines)
	6. The MAKESET script is supposed to be run using
ash, a shell which a lot of distros don't have. (Fix:
Edit the first line of MAKESET to say /bin/bash)

Not many distros have the folder /mnt/elks included.
(Fix: Edit line 162 of elkscmd/Make.defs)

The as86_encap script, necessary for compiling the
bootblocks folder, is in /usr/lib/bcc, which isn't an
executable path. (Fix: Move the script to /usr/bin, or
at least have a symlink)

The dev86/bootblocks source is required for the images
to compile. (Fix: Incorporate the required part of
that code into the elkscmd/ tree)

The file "version.h", included in the bootblocks file
"montior.c", is missing. (Fix: Have the version.h file
prebuilt and included in the bootblocks directory)

The file elkscmd/sys_utils/ps.c is expecting to
include files in /usr/lib/bcc/include/linuxmt that are
really in elks/include/linuxmt. (Fix: 1. Copy the
files over; 2. Automatically copy the files over; 3.
Edit ps.c to look for the files in the right place)

The Makefile in elkscmd/sys_utils expects to copy
swapon and meminfo, which as far as I know do not
exist.

The Makefile in elkscmd/file_utils tries to copy the
nonexistent program "l". (Fix: I think it's a spelling
error; change l to ln in line 42 of the makefile)

Attempting to compile ash returns this: 
gcc -O2 mksignames.c -o mksignames
In file included from
/usr/include/bits/sigcontext.h:28,
                 from /usr/include/signal.h:326,
                 from mksignames.c:52:
/usr/include/asm/sigcontext.h:79: error: parse error
before '*' token
/usr/include/asm/sigcontext.h:82: error: parse error
before '}' token
make[1]: *** [mksignames] Error 1

In elkscmd/disk_utils/mkfs.c, #define usage()
fatal_error("Usage: mkfs /dev/name blocks # Max
blocks=65535\n",16) at line 165 returns "'#' operator
should be followed by a macro argument name
" errors when the function is used elsewhere.

The characters from lines 447-460 of
elkscmd/levee/editcor.c are blank, thus returning
compiler errors.

Compiling elkscmd/sys_utils/login results in "*
redefined in file /usr/lib/bcc/libc.a(utent.o); using
definition in utent.o
" errors.

By default, the root image doesn't have enough inodes
for the devices and not enough space on the image for
extra inodes.

elksnet/ktcp/vjhc.c has about ten billion bugs, so
much that I had to use a pager to see what was going
on. Here's a sample:
vjhc.c:117.19: error: need ')'
vjhc.c:119.1: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:119.1: error: need variable name
vjhc.c:117.3: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:117.21: error: ip_vjhc_compress already
declared
vjhc.c:118.12: error: pkt already declared
vjhc.c:120.1: error: need variable name
vjhc.c:121.8: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:130.3: error: need variable name
vjhc.c:130.5: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:130.10: error: need ')'
vjhc.c:130.10: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:130.10: error: need variable name
vjhc.c:130.16: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:130.18: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:130.18: error: need variable name
vjhc.c:130.21: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:130.21: error: need variable name
vjhc.c:130.24: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:130.24: error: need variable name
vjhc.c:130.27: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:130.27: error: need variable name
vjhc.c:130.29: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:130.29: error: need variable name
vjhc.c:131.2: error: need ';'
vjhc.c:131.2: error: need variable name

When I try to compile elksnet/screen/ansi.c; I get
more errors, here's a sample:
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:42.26: error:
bh_active not in argument list
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:43.24: error: bh_mask
not in argument list
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:45.32: error: need ')'
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:45.32: error: bh_base
not in argument list
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:45.32: error: need ';'
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:45.33: error: need
variable name
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:45.34: error:  not in
argument list
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:49.31: error: need ')'
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:49.32: error: need
variable name
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:49.33: error:  not in
argument list
/home/tommy/elks/elksnet/screen:55.32: error: fd_set
not in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:62.33: error: FILE not in
argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:70.21: error: stdin not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:71.22: error: stdout not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:72.22: error: stderr not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:102.23: error: setvbuf
not in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:106.26: error: setbuffer
not in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:108.21: error: fgetc not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:109.21: error: fputc not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:111.22: error: fclose not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:112.22: error: fflush not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:113.23: error: fgets not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:115.23: error: fopen not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:116.24: error: fdopen not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:117.26: error: freopen
not in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:123.21: error: fputs not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:124.20: error: puts not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:126.22: error: printf not
in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:127.23: error: fprintf
not in argument list
/usr/lib/bcc/include/stdio.h:128.23: error: sprintf
not in argument list
screen.h:97.8: error: compiler limit exceeded - too
many local symbols (101)


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