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  • src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp

    From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Saturday, March 01, 2025 15:05:35
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/76fa22e427a7b9978084bf94
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Remove lprintf() call from child process of fork() call on *nix

    the info-level debug message "Detaching external process"... as this appears
    to be the cause of background events hanging sometimes, on Linux (at least).

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  • From Deuc¨@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Monday, October 20, 2025 20:05:53
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/35d530c3a4eccd6b2ed1964b
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Disable pause when running an external program.

    Not sure if this is from the terminal overhaul or from the unicode
    support, but passthru_thread calls rputs() which calls cp437_out()
    which calls outchar() which calls check_pause().

    Also, put an EINTR wrapper around waidpid()... that wasn't the
    problem I was seeing, but it's a theoretically possible one.

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  • From Deuc¨@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Monday, October 20, 2025 20:24:10
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/47e263f1e72073e9488db9f8
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Remove unneeded debug logging.

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  • From Deuc¨@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 01:09:42
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/00d24f1bfc0f8e2f5453579f
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Revert "Disable pause when running an external program."

    This reverts commit 35d530c3a4eccd6b2ed1964bf21cbcf9237da721.

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  • From Deuc¨@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sunday, October 26, 2025 14:19:30
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/3f97c2713305442a55035063
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Fix error in 35d530c3a4e

    Instead of looping while waitpid() returned an error due to a signal,
    it was looping *until* waitpid() returned an error due to a signal.

    This could cause an infinite loop on *nix systems after an external
    exited if waitpid() was returning an error for some other reason.

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Windows 11)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sunday, January 11, 2026 19:36:10
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/5d43eed990eda19d808d8c92
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Don't use dosemu paths in command-lines when dosemu support is disabled

    This just adds to confusion when debugging weird errors, like this:

    pack_qwk.cpp line 753 (pack_qwk) executing "H:\zip -jD /sbbs/data/file/0230.qwk

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