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From: s861298@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Marc A. Boschma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: ligita.img.com.au is up and running with 1.5h
Message-ID: <1991May29.005403.14215@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au>
Date: 29 May 91 00:54:03 GMT
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culberts@hplwbc.hpl.hp.com (Bruce Culbertson) writes:

>>From: marcb@eyrie.img.com.au (Marc A. Boschma)

>> Anyway, now all that needs to be done is to patch in symbolic links, 
>> named pipes and port UUCP (doesn't sound like too much of a task :)

>1.5h already has named pipes.  (How you are supposed to know that, given
>we don't have an adequate man(ual), is a good question.)  Karl Swartz
>has already ported a UUCP which you may want to look at.

What I ment to say was to patch mknod...
ie. mknod name p/b/c [major minor [size]]

With respect to symbolic links (the package on plains), what would be the
best way to patch so that any updates that you produce can still be applied
with the minimal amount of fuss ?

And on yet another note, where is Karl's UUCP hiding out ?

>Bruce Culbertson

marcb