Xref: utzoo comp.sys.novell:1190 comp.sys.mac.system:4436 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!mdisea!jackb From: jackb@MDI.COM (Jack Brindle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7.0 for the Mac and Novell Netware... Keywords: Mac Novell System 7 Message-ID: <1991Apr17.185127.3717@MDI.COM> Date: 17 Apr 91 18:51:27 GMT References: <1991Apr15.210436.13279@momenta.com> Sender: news@MDI.COM Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA Lines: 29 In article <1991Apr15.210436.13279@momenta.com> tecot@momenta.com (Ed Tecot) writes: >markw@kinetics.com (Mark Wittenberg) writes: > >>Sorry Jack; it's not bologna. This is indeed Apple's bug: that's why _they_ >>fixed it, not us. Apple knows it's their bug, and they are not complaining >>to us. The bug was not in 6.0.x (I don't know which versions of 7.0 had >>it or not, except as noted), was in 7.0b4, and was fixed in 7.0b5. Believe >>me, it's not like we're twisting Apple's arm to get them to change their >>specs; when we noticed this problem and called Apple about it they told >>us that they had already noticed it and fixed it in b5. > >That's right, it's not bologna, it's cow chips. Just because Apple fixes a >bug, it doesn't mean that the fault lies with Apple. At Apple, compatibility >is very important; it's SOP to fix a third party's bug in system software >if possible. It seems to be pretty clear here that Novell's not following >the rules. > > _emt Gee, here I am actually defending Novell. But, Brian and Mark are right. The problem was that Apple accidentally disallowed a server volume id of 0, which is quite valid according to the AFP specification (all the way back to version 1.0). Apple shipped 7.0B4 with the bug, but realized it quickly, and fixed in the next beta version. It appears it was broken only for that one version. The bug does not show up in earlier versions. The bug fix was not for a third party problem, but to bring the software in line with specifications. Seems quite simple to me... Jack B. ham radio: wa4fib/7