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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.usg
Subject: Re: SVR2 "ar" bug
Message-ID: <6062@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 25-Nov-84 17:37:38 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 25 17:37:38 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Nov-84 03:57:13 EST
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> While merging versions of "ar", I discovered a bug in the UNIX System
> V Release 2.0 source file ar.c (SCCS ID 2.7).  At about line 193,
> where the 'i' flag is being tested to set the 'b' flag, the "*cp"
> is erroneous; it should be "'b'".  This is pretty obvious once you
> notice it.

OOPS!!  Never mind, when I went back to the editor this apparent
bug had vanished!  The real bug is in the Jove (editor) screen
update algorithm, which incompletely updated the line containing
the apparent "bug".  Everybody go back to sleep..