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From: wes@fritz.UUCP (Wes Chalfant)
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Subject: Re: UUCP checksum problems
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Date: Sat, 4-May-85 16:34:10 EDT
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	Many Unisoft ports did have the problem described -- the bug was
in pk0.c (it dealt with some bad assumptions about unsigned casts and
comparisons).  The version of pk0.c distributed with Berkeley 4.2 contained
a chksum() routine that should be portable to almost anything.  There
are probably more casts and masks in that routine now than are really needed.
The System V rev 2.2 sources that we have for the VAX have a version of pk0.c
that is different from both version 7 (the bug) and 4.2 -- I haven't tried
running it but it looks like it should work.  Motorola should be coming out
with a compatible version soon (if they haven't already) -- you should
probably contact them about getting the full release or at least the new
uucp, if you suspect that the chksum() routine is your problem.