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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.apple2
Subject: Re: System Disk 5.04 Resource Manager FIX
Message-ID: <49697@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Feb 91 00:11:05 GMT
References: <64*delaneyg@wnre.aecl.ca> <15340@smoke.brl.mil>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <15340@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>In article <64*delaneyg@wnre.aecl.ca> delaneyg@wnre.aecl.CA ("H. Grant Delaney") writes:
>>Here is an init that Sean Quick put up on genie to fix an unspecified bug in the
>>system 5.04 .
>
>As I recall, it wasn't "unspecified" -- it was an attempt to close the
>open resource file that gets in the way of block I/O operations to the
>boot filesystem.  I'm not sure this patch would be a wise idea..

This INIT was an attempt by Shawn to correct a behavior in the Resource
Manager that he (at the time) did not understand was not a problem.  Although
I don't think it causes any harm, I recommend against using it.