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From: hazen@puff.wisc.edu (Tim Hazen)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Servant 0.79 useability...
Message-ID: <203@puff.wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 12:05:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: puff.203
Posted: Fri Sep 26 12:05:00 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 26-Sep-86 20:50:22 EDT
References: <5518@decwrl.DEC.COM> <777@oakhill.UUCP>
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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Summary: Servant can be patched

In article <777@oakhill.UUCP>, jmvm@oakhill.UUCP (John VanMunster) writes:
> In article <5518@decwrl.DEC.COM> harrow@exodus.dec.com (Jeff Harrow, NCSE LKG1-3/F16 DTN=226-7445) writes:
> >Knowing that Servant 0.79 is buggy, I hesitate to comitt my 20 Megabyte hard
> >disk to its potential ravagings.  However, I'd LIKE to use Servant as my
> >normal shell due to its (even current) functionality.
> >
> Don't do it - it self destructs on October 31. Just set your clock ahead and
> you'll see what will happen. Might leave your hard disk in a mess!!

There is already a set of patches floating around (I have them) to remove
the 'pumpkin' feature.  Still, it is NOT wise to do more than just play with
Servant.  Remember, this is BETA software.  You don't know what might happen.
Servant almost always trashes itself when it crashes, and I wouldn't want it
to take my hard disk with it.

Tim Hazen  		{seismo,ihnp4,allegra,topaz,harvard}!uwvax!puff!hazen
U. of Wisc. Plasma Physics Dept.    			  hazen@puff.wisc.edu
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