Re: Ferrumc

On 3/25/26 7:22 AM, Janne Johansson wrote:
>>> - Homepage: https://ferrum-language.github.io/Ferrum/
>>
>> That website already lists ferrum as existing in OpenBSD ports, but
>> that doesn't seem true. Did not find anything on the other BSDs
>> either, although that website claims to have ports in net, free, open
>> and dragonfly. Also doesn't exist in homebrew for macos.
>
> ..and the domain for which to download RHEL,DEB certs and so on are
> also missing.
>
>> Is this a sad AI joke?
>
> The answer is yes.

If the submitter is indeed 11 years old as indicated by the github repository:
No, it isn't. Come on.

Re: [UPDATE} comms/hyl;afax 6.0.6 to 7.0.11

On 25/03/2026 11:55 pm, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2026/03/25 15:46, Stuart Henderson wrote:
>> There are some things I'm not too sure about but will be easier to work
>> with smaller diffs for that
>
> I don't see how these cmdlen-related changes can do anything,
>
> - cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
> + if (cmdlen > 0) cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
>
> they're all snprintf to a static buffer and all have a non empty format
> string, so doesn't seem it can ever be hit. I think removing would make
> sense, do you agree?
>

I'm not a programmer so I'll take your advice on-board.

I received a lot of help from Lee Howard (HylaFAX+) to get this working
on OpenBSD.

These patches were included as part of a number of changes to resolve a
problem with faxrm in HylaFAX+. The problem I reported was that faxrm
would not remove a fax from the queue which is currently being processed.

Not withstanding, these changes will be in HylaFAX+ 7.0.12 when it is
released. I back-ported the changes we made to 7.0.11.

I'll remove the patches below in my test environment and I'll get back
to you with the results on whether they affect faxrm.

> Index: patches/patch-util_faxconfig_c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: patches/patch-util_faxconfig_c
> diff -N patches/patch-util_faxconfig_c
> --- patches/patch-util_faxconfig_c 25 Mar 2026 15:47:01 -0000 1.1
> +++ /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
> @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> -Index: util/faxconfig.c
> ---- util/faxconfig.c.orig
> -+++ util/faxconfig.c
> -@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
> - cmdlen = snprintf(cmd, cmdsize, "C%s%s:%s",
> - isQueuer ? ":" : "", argv[optind], argv[optind+1]);
> - }
> -- cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
> -+ if (cmdlen > 0) cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
> - if (cmdlen < 1 || cmdlen > cmdsize || write(fifo, cmd, cmdlen) != cmdlen) {
> - fatal("%s: FIFO write failed for command (%s)",
> - argv[0], strerror(errno));
> Index: patches/patch-util_faxmodem_c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: patches/patch-util_faxmodem_c
> diff -N patches/patch-util_faxmodem_c
> --- patches/patch-util_faxmodem_c 25 Mar 2026 15:47:01 -0000 1.1
> +++ /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
> @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> -Index: util/faxmodem.c
> ---- util/faxmodem.c.orig
> -+++ util/faxmodem.c
> -@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
> - } else {
> - cmdlen = snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "+%s:R%c%08x", devname, canpoll, caps);
> - }
> -- cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
> -+ if (cmdlen > 0) cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
> - if (cmdlen < 1 || cmdlen > sizeof(cmd) || write(fifo, cmd, cmdlen) != cmdlen) {
> - fatal("%s: FIFO write failed for command (%s)",
> - argv[0], strerror(errno));
> Index: patches/patch-util_faxmsg_c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: patches/patch-util_faxmsg_c
> diff -N patches/patch-util_faxmsg_c
> --- patches/patch-util_faxmsg_c 25 Mar 2026 15:47:01 -0000 1.1
> +++ /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
> @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> -Index: util/faxmsg.c
> ---- util/faxmsg.c.orig
> -+++ util/faxmsg.c
> -@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
> - fatal("%s: open: %s", fifoname, strerror(errno));
> - }
> - cmdlen = snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), cmdfmt, arg);
> -- cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
> -+ if (cmdlen > 0) cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
> - if (cmdlen < 1 || cmdlen > sizeof(cmd) || write(fifo, cmd, cmdlen) != cmdlen) {
> - fatal("FIFO write failed for command (%s)", strerror(errno));
> - }
> Index: patches/patch-util_faxstate_c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: patches/patch-util_faxstate_c
> diff -N patches/patch-util_faxstate_c
> --- patches/patch-util_faxstate_c 25 Mar 2026 15:47:01 -0000 1.1
> +++ /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
> @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
> -Index: util/faxstate.c
> ---- util/faxstate.c.orig
> -+++ util/faxstate.c
> -@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
> - fatal("%s: open: %s", fifoname, strerror(errno));
> - }
> - cmdlen = snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "S%s", arg);
> -- cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
> -+ if (cmdlen > 0) cmdlen++; /* Include NUL character */
> - if (cmdlen < 1 || cmdlen >= sizeof(cmd) || write(fifo, cmd, cmdlen) != cmdlen) {
> - fatal("FIFO write failed for command (%s)", strerror(errno));
> - }
>

Cheers,

Larry.