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[opensuse] Another slightly OT c question, howto handle extended ascii chars? >127
by David C. Rankin 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Listmates, I'm parsing output that has the degree symbol in it in c. The character code for the symbol is 167, but of course the ascii character set it limited to 0-127. Believe it or not, using a cut-n-paste into the strtok delimiter set works, but that just feels like a cludge. Example: const char delimiters[] = " +°,;:!-"; <snip 1st call to strtok> token = strtok (NULL, delimiters); Will break the string on ° correctly. But looking at how c is handling this clude causes concern: for (i=0;i<strlen(delimiters);i++) { printf("%c %d\n", delimiters[i],delimiters[i]); } Yields: 32 + 43 � -62 � -80 , 44 ; 59 : 58 ! 33 - 45 Hmm, any time I see the little � character, that's a bad sign. So, is there any trick to handling the chars that are outside of the normal ascii chars, but we seem to run into all the time? Is this the area of the thinly defined wchar_t? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] yast or zypper "sources"
by Bob S 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hello SuSE people, A short while ago I replaced my old monitor and video card. I also had to replace my printer that died on me. (what else can happen?)I have an old 10.2 install that I want to keep but that meant updating the OS to see the new hardware. Naturally none of the software could deal with the new hardware. Now, I know that 10.2 is un-supported but there are repos out there yet for getting newer software. Found them easily enough, using the following url: http://opensuse-community.org/Package_Sources/10.2. When I try to install the new repos both Yast & zypper fail because they can't recognize the "sources". Soooo, how do I convince yast or zypper to let me to designate and use those repos in my Installation Sources? Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 10.3 gcc44-info install error, worth a bug?
by David C. Rankin 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Listmates, Installing gcc44-info looks like it has problems with the post install scrip not recognizing previously installed packages. Attempting to upgrade the package results in the following: The following package is going to be upgraded: gcc44-info Overall download size: 1.7 M. After the operation, 0.0 B will be freed. Continue? [yes/no]: yes Downloading package gcc44-info-4.4.1_20090817-11.1.i586, 1.7 M (1.7 M unpacked) Downloading: gcc44-info-4.4.1_20090817-11.1.i586.rpm * Downloading [100%] * Installing: gcc44-info-4.4.1_20090817-11.1 [100%]Installation of [S20:1] [package]gcc44-info-4.4.1_20090817-11.1.i586 failed: (with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: install- info: menu item `grmic' already exists, for file `gcj' install-info: menu item `gnat-style' already exists, for file `gnat-style' install-info: menu item `GNAT Reference Manual' already exists, for file `gnat_rm' install-info: menu item `GNAT User's Guide' already exists, for file `gnat_ugn' error: %post(gcc44-info-4.4.1_20090817-11.1.i586) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore? It's build server and it's 10.3, worth a bug? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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