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From: brunner@bullhead.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,ibm.ibmunix.4bsd
Subject: Distribution of IBM/4.3 fixes
Summary: Notice of intent to post IBM/4.3 context diffs
Keywords: V1.1
Message-ID: <1481@ibmpa.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 89 22:05:20 GMT
Sender: news@ibmpa.UUCP
Reply-To: brunner@ibmsupt.UUCP (Thomas Eric Brunner)
Organization: IBM AWD Palo Alto
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Hello everyone,

	Postings of official fixes to the current release of
IBM/4.3 will be made to this newsgroup (comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt).
Our intent is to extend the existing notes-based dial-up user
support to readers of this newsgroup.

	Our format follows that of the moderated newsgroup
for fixes released by Berkeley (comp.bugs.4bsd-fixes). We
will include fixes only for IBM/4.3, Release 2 (September 88,
updated December 88).

	If at all possible, postings will be diff listings from
the released source, not from intermediate sources.  Postings
will be sequentially numbered and missed postings may be requested
from the ACSC, or in if all else fails, from myself.

	The location and naming convention of fixes on ibmsupt
have been changed to correspond with the new format.  Formerly
fixes were available via UUCP as follows:

	ibmsupt!/usr/spool/uucppublic/some_suggestive_name

The new location and naming convention for fixes is:

	ibmsupt!/usr/spool/uucppublic/ibm43-fixes/Vn.mm

where Vn is the volume number (V1 to begin with), and mm is the
fix number within the volume.  The archive of fixes on ibmsupt
will be consistent with the fixes posted to this newsgroup.

	We intend that Larry Wall's patch program be used to
apply the fixes.  For sites which do not already have patch,
a compressed tar image of the patch sources (version 2, patch
level 9) is available from ibmsupt.

	As before, bug reports should continue to be forwarded
to "ibmsupt!ibmapar" to ensure that each bug is entered into
the formal bug reporting (APAR) system.

	Since IBM hasn't done anything like this before, we would
appreciate any suggestions from the user community.  This is note
is Volume 1, number 1 (V1.1).

Eric Brunner
uunet!ibmsupt!brunner