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From: milburn@me10.lbl.gov (John Milburn)
Subject: [hp] Re: ar:(ranlib) string table overflow
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.023355.6498@ox.com>
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Sender: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)
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Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
References: <7370297@hpfcso.HP.COM> <9923@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 1991 02:33:55 GMT
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Archive-name: fixes/hp-fixes/hpux-ranlib/1991-02-14
Archive: me10.lbl.gov:/hpux/7.0_fix_ranlib.tar.Z [128.3.128.110]
Original-posting-by: milburn@me10.lbl.gov (John Milburn)
Original-subject: Re: ar:(ranlib) string table overflow
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)

In article <7370297@hpfcso.HP.COM> mjs@hpfcso.HP.COM (Marc Sabatella) writes:
>>    The subject says it all.  What can I do, except curse people who write
>>    code using fixed size tables...
>>
>>    uname -srm: HP-UX 7.0 9000/375
>>    what /usr/lib/ar.ranlib: $Revision: 38.1 $ 
>
>This also has been fixed.  I gave John Milburn (sp?) the patched version, so
>you should be able to get it from his ftp server.
>

Correct spelling. I notice that Tor has already picked up the patch, but
for those who don't know, it can be had from me10.lbl.gov (128.3.128.110)
via anonymous ftp. The file is hpux/7.0_fix_ranlib.tar.Z .

    me10:milburn 46 %)) what /usr/lib/ar.ranlib
    /usr/lib/ar.ranlib:
             $Revision: 66.3 $

-jem

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