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From: madd@world.std.com (jim frost)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: How do you tell a wizard?
Message-ID: <1989Oct18.212417.4324@world.std.com>
Date: 18 Oct 89 21:24:17 GMT
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In article <89Oct17.001354edt.3270@neat.cs.toronto.edu> moraes@cs.toronto.edu (Mark Moraes) writes:
>> GURU:
>> 	...
>> - uses adb on the kernel while system is loaded
>
>Since it is now common practice for manufacturers to NOT ship adb with
>their systems ("dbx does everything you need to, honest." Ha!), this
>definition may need some revision :-)

Who needs adb.  "ln -s /dev/tty foo.c ; cc -o foo foo.c ; foo ; rm foo
foo.c" and type a quicky to nlist for the symbol then write the patch
to kmem.  You don't even need cat.  Alternatively you might consider
actually saving the program but it's less fun that way.

Kids, don't try this at home.

jim frost
software tool & die
madd@std.com