Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ra!emory!gatech!bloom-beacon!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!jg From: jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: /usr/new/lib/mh/slocal crashes Message-ID: <1991May13.232558.16586@crl.dec.com> Date: 13 May 91 23:25:58 GMT References: <282F1879.24450@orion.oac.uci.edu> Sender: news@crl.dec.com (USENET News System) Distribution: comp Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab Lines: 22 Originator: jg@jg.crl.dec.com In article <282F1879.24450@orion.oac.uci.edu> iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias) writes: >In article smw@alcor.concordia.ca ( Steven Winikoff ) writes: >>I don't *think* you're doing anything stupid. At least, I find that the same >>thing happens when I try it. The only workaround I've found is to ignore >>slocal altogether. Instead, the pipe capability of .forward can be used for >>the same purpose. >> >>If this is a bug, I certainly hope it will be fixed in 4.2! > >You can also upgrade the release of mh on your system by using anonymous >ftp to get MH 6.7.1 from ics.uci.edu (128.195.1.1). While we don't >use slocal, we do make heavy use of mh on our DECstations and Suns. > Ultrix 4.2 ships MH 6.7.1, as far as I can tell, by using -help on various commands. - Jim Gettys Digital Equipment Corporation Cambridge Research Laboratory -- Digital Equipment Corporation Cambridge Research Laboratory