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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Major Bug in System 7
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Date: 21 Jun 91 18:46:15 GMT
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I've just spoken with Fox Technical Support about a
problem I was having using multiuser FoxBase. They claim
that Apple has acknowledged a major bug in System 7's
file sharing software. In this case, it showed up when
I tried to open a database from the machine it is on.
Apparently, there is no problem opening files from the
client machines. But if you open files on the server,
there is some problem with file locking, etc.

I don't think Apple has announced plans to fix the
bug. It's possible it won't be fixed until this fall
when Apple releases four new machines and a new version
of system 7 to run them.

All the above information comes from Fox Technical Support,
and I have no independent verification. Perhaps someone
could confirm it with Apple.

Steve Goldfield
College of Engineering