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From: archer%segin4.segin.fr@relay.prime.com (Vincent Archer)
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Subject: Re: badblocks.c
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Date: 16 Aug 90 07:07:11 GMT
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Paul Allen <paula@bcsaic.uucp> says:
>Last June 19, I posted a little patch for badblocks.c.  It was
>incorrectly handling blocks whose bitmap entry was outside the first
>block of the zone bitmap.  Just recently, I got mail from Andy saying
>that he was unable to apply the patch.  Has anyone else applied the
>patch?  It was relative to 1.5.10, and the message ID was
>26693@bcsaic.UUCP.  Have I screwed up *again* in front of the whole
>world?   :-)

I don't remember any special difficulty in applying the patch (It was applied,
I'm sure of it). Or maybe it was another badblocks patch (was there more than
one? It's difficult to remember events from this prehistorical epoch :-)


    Vincent


Vincent Archer             | Email:archer%segin4.segin.fr@relay.prime.com
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