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From: jfk@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (James F. Kennedy)
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Subject: Re: newalias different on pl 11 ?
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Date: 29 Jan 91 16:56:58 GMT
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In article <1991Jan29.143250.14882@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> tim@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tim Elliott) writes:
>Help.  I *have* an aliases.text that's 80 or so lines long, but couldn't run it
>under pl10 (no suprise, eh?).  Well, now I can't even run it under pl11.
>Here's the text on a simple aliases.text (1 entry).  Are my eyes deceiving me?
>Did I read the manual wrong?   Arrrrgh.
>
>% newalias
>Updating your personal alias file...
>Error - alias data line is not in proper format:
>'len = tim@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu'
>
>** Not saving tables!  Please fix and re-run newalias!
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I ran into this problem too and all I can figure out is that
the middle field (or comment field) is no longer optional.
Therefore, if I read your alias file correctly (from the 1 line), all
or most of your lines are in the format:

alias = address

while this used to be okay, PL11 seems to require a comment field, so
the proper format is:

alias = comment = address

Making sure all of your lines conforms to this should fix your problem.

My query is, why was this changed (anybody) ?

					James

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