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From: smith@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.genbank
Subject: Re: minor problem with update processing software for Unix
Message-ID: <6981.26e4e0b5@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu>
Date: 5 Sep 90 15:25:41 GMT
References: <1990Aug26.231806.4043@phri.nyu.edu>
Organization: NYU Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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In article <1990Aug26.231806.4043@phri.nyu.edu>, roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
> 	We have discovered a minor problem with the software currently on
> goober.phri.nyu.edu for processing the b.m.g.u postings.  The current
> algorithm for merging a new complete distribution with the previous
> distribution plus accumulated updates involves throwing away any locus in
> the accumulated updates if there is an entry with the same locus name in the
> new distribution.  No attempt is made to parse the dates in the loci to make
> sure the locus on the tape is newer than the update one.

The VMS software uses a drop-dead date to decide whether an item in the 
UPDATE bank supercedes the tape release version or not.  Bugs excepted then, 
the VMS stuff should retain the new(er) UPDATE sequence posting.

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