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From: nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil ( Michael S Figg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: What's Wrong with ARP!!!!
Message-ID: <2845@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil>
Date: 3 Jan 91 17:51:04 GMT
References: <2445@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> <7434@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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In article <7434@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
> I've had people mucking around with my system screw me over with that
> before. You know, someone comes over and wants to run HAMGIF or whatever
> and starts mucking about with C:. Last time they managed to remove
> setpatch, then claim it was all due to a bug in 2.0 that setpatch
> disappeared. Right, and the same bug made nushow and hamgif materialise
> in C:?
> 
> NEVER stick anything in C: that's not part of the distribution. It's just
> asking for trouble.
> -- 
> Peter da Silva.   `-_-'


That sounds like a real good idea to me, but, are there any reports or 
knowledge of (poorly written) programs that look for something other than
genuine AmigaDos release stuff in C:?  I've probably put more than is 
healthy in my C: and should clean it out.




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--Mike


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