Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 17:59:03 -0800 From: Mark Millard <markmi@dsl-only.net> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with tcsh, MACHTYPE on Raspberry Pi 3 Message-ID: <8F1E8C9A-67E2-4B72-8F95-963EDE942707@dsl-only.net> In-Reply-To: <20161204095356.1d370fd8@X220.alogt.com>
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On 2016-Dec-3, at 5:53 PM, Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist at alogt.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I gave FreebSD 12 a try on my Raspberry Pi 3 but encountered some > strange things. > > I use this image: > > FreeBSD-aarch64-12.0-GENERIC-UP-308109M.img.gz > > It all works until I start to compile programs. The main source of the > problem is that > > echo $MACHTYPE > unknown > > Of course, everything relying on this information fails afterwards. > > MACHTYPE seems to be hard-coded in tcsh. Setting it in the current > shell resets it in a sub-shell. > > The miracle started when I tried to work with a variable I named > MachType. > > [erich@X220]~ > setenv MachTYpe "local machine type" > [erich@X220]~ > echo $MachType "Y" vs. "y" on the two lines above? > [erich@X220]~ > setenv Susie Otto > [erich@X220]~ > echo $Susie > Otto > [erich@X220]~ > > > When I then use MachType inside a script on the Raspberry, it all > works. > > Is this really expected behaviour? > > Erich === Mark Millard markmi at dsl-only.nethome | help
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