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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP
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Subject: Re: section 3 manpages, and, mode 444 distributions
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Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 19:11:57 EDT
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>> WHY is all the source under /usr/src distributed mode 444??
>> Whenever I make a local copy of it (to fix a bug, for example) the
>> first thing I have to do is change it all to 644!

> You should use either SCCS, RCS or some other software maintenance
> system when you are modifying sources.

The distributions don't come as SCCS or RCS files (or the analogue for
any other such system)!  If they did, I could understand this.

> ...use of these tools will...make things much simpler to maintain.
> It sure beats going back to those backup tapes!

Back to the backups for what?  Buggy source?  If I want the original
it's right there under /usr/src; my copy is under /local/src.

					der Mouse

				(mouse@mcgill-vision.uucp)