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From: alan@shodha.enet.dec.com ( Alan's Home for Wayward Notes File.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: memcmp() is broken
Summary: Yup, it's a bug.
Message-ID: <1613@shodha.enet.dec.com>
Date: 5 Sep 90 01:40:36 GMT
References: <1990Sep4.185612.21345@is.uu.no>
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. - Colorado Springs, CO.
Lines: 17

In article <1990Sep4.185612.21345@is.uu.no>, ra@is.uu.no (Robert Andersson) writes:
> This is on a DECstation 3100 running Ultrix 3.1.  Am I dreaming, or is
> really memcmp() broken?  I get wild results from the last two memcmp
> calls.  Test program follows:
> 
> [ Example program followed... ]

	If I remember my list of patches correctly, yes, memcmp()
	is broken.  The patch and instructions should be available
	from your local CSC.  The patch is a new copy of memcmp.o.

> -- 
> Robert Andersson, International Systems A/S, Oslo, Norway.


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