Re: [ros-kernel] compiling

[Eric K. <ek...@rz...>]

"Royce Mitchell III" <ro...@ev...> wrote:

Hello Royce!

> So, I'm thinking I could start by adding support for that. I've already
> found the function I need to change in NTDLL.DLL
> (RtlSetEnvironmentVariable), and I've pasted it into a test app so I can
> modify, and test it without rebooting frequently.

Did you test RtlSetEnvironmentVariable() for the ability to expand a
variable?
Im not sure whether the expansion is done by RtlSetEnvironmentVariable() or
by SetEnvironmentVariable[A/W] (in lib/kernel32/misc/env.c).


> Unless somebody's already working on that, I'll do it.

I remember this bug was reported about a year ago. Please, go ahead and fix
it!

> Then, as you suggested, I'm going to start "hacking". I can't run Norton
> Commander, yet, and I'd like to get that working. I also noticed that EDIT
> and MC don't work, either. Personally I feel it would be critical that the
> command prompt work well :)

Sure!


Regards,
Eric Kohl