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Re: fix watch implementation



On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 07:46:44 +0100
Jens Elkner <jel+zsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> when evaluating zsh as the new default shell for interactive use it was
> discovered, that the 'watch' feature doesn't work on Solaris 11.3 and
> Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04 and probably other modern platforms: 'log' never
> shows anything and logins/logouts never show up.
>
> The attached patch fixes the implementation, has been successfully
> tested on the platforms mentioned above (was developed against 5.0.7,
> which is, what the vendors of the mentioned OS ship, however, someone on
> irc reported, that it applies cleanly to the current master version as
> well).

Thanks, as it's all #ifdef'd for the appropriate cases and we're not
stabilising the shell for a release at the moment I've just tweaked the
formatting in minor ways and committed it.  There may be some people
around who can exercise it, but not many, by the sound of it.

pws




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