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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: spell bug?????
Message-ID: <6257@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 8-Aug-87 09:25:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6257
Posted: Sat Aug  8 09:25:14 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 11:11:51 EDT
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <541@augusta.UUCP> bs@augusta.UUCP (Burch Seymour) writes:
>I've tried these on two
>manufacturer's Unix systems and gotten the same result, so I don't think
>it's a local bug (Sun and Gould are the two if anyone is curious).
>Three of the words which are passed through by spell are:
> vfppvdu, plbpvhb, and nbclowd

/usr/5bin/spell on BRL Gould systems rejects these as misspelled.
Possibly your /usr/bin/spell is not hashing correctly.

(Note:  I haven't had requests for updated /usr/5* software from
Gould for a long time.  Maybe their /usr/5bin/spell is also broken.)