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From: rodean@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bruce Rodean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: How to fix spell with 7.0...
Message-ID: <5570526@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Oct 90 15:42:03 GMT
References: <1990Oct22.102839.2678@anduin.cs.liverpool.ac.uk>
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In article <1990Oct22.102839.2678@anduin.cs.liverpool.ac.uk> rkl@anduin.cs.liverpool.ac.uk writes:
> Make sure that they have read access across the board once you've copied
> them. My two questions to HP about this are:
> 
> 1. Why doesn't a customize script do this AUTOMATICALLY when you update
>    if the three files don't exist (optionally renaming existing files to
>    .old if they do exist) ?

There was a customize script to do this; unfortunately there was a
defect in it such that the files do not get moved.  It has been fixed.

> 2. HP's much-vaunted "Instant Ignition" systems DO NOT HAVE THE THREE FILES
>    IN PLACE when they are shipped with 7.0 pre-installed !!

I am only guessing on this, but I bet the Instant Ignition systems were
built using stock-7.0 systems as a base and then customized.  Since the
problem is a generic 7.0 install problem, it will show up on ANY and ALL
installed 7.0 systems.  Note that systems which update to 7.0 will not
have this problem since the spell command can use the pre-7.0 versions
of those files.

Bruce Rodean
rodean@hpfcla.HP.COM

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