Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!gk5g+ From: gk5g+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Gary Keim) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: Re: andrew p8-SUN 4.1.1 bug? Message-ID: Date: 3 Jan 91 16:38:28 GMT References: <782@nih-csl.nih.gov> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 18 Excerpts from misc: 3-Jan-91 RE: andrew p8-SUN 4.1.1 bug? john powell@ames.arc.nas (1128) > Help command fails with illegal instruction if any UPPER case letters are > used in the help argument. If only lower case leters are used help appears > to work correctly. If select help on ... is choosen from the running help > menu and UPPER case letters are used it also crashes. We've discovered the problem and it is generally a dynamic loading problem that has been resolved (no pun intended). There will be a small patch in the very near future that will rectify this situation (hopefully without breaking things on the other platforms). Gary Keim ATK Group PS - If you have a Sun4, are at Patchlevel8, and would like to volunteer to test this mini-patch, give me a call at (412) 268-6789 or send e-mail.