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From: jmn@hpfcso.HP.COM (John Newman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Re: Humor in HP-UX!
Message-ID: <7370250@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Nov 90 21:29:23 GMT
References: <1965@lynx.zyx.SE>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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> In cdb(1), which evidently shares code with xdb, there is a command
> 'F' (yes, it's documented in the man page!) that can supposedly be used
> to "find and fix a bug".  Try it.  Does anybody know whether it is
> possible to invoke this command in xdb as well, or is this one other
> example of dead code in system software? 

Yes, more dead code.  The 'F' command is disabled in xdb, but FindAndFix()
wasn't #ifdef'd out.  That's why strings(1) will show these useful
messages.

BTW, this command will be going away in cdb as well.  The HP folks that
translate message-catalogs to non-English were pretty stymied.  Management
politely requested we make it a non-problem.  I'm real sorry, folks.  :-(

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