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From: jimmy@PIC.UCLA.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 3b1 3.51a kernel
Message-ID: <11147@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Date: 12 Apr 88 04:00:47 GMT
References: <1603@lll-lcc.aRpA> <28@gnosys.UUCP> <348@sialis.mn.org> <48@lazlo.UUCP>
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Reply-To: jimmy@PIC.UCLA.EDU (Jim Gottlieb)
Organization: UCLA Program In Computing
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Keywords: 3b1 3.51a fix disk unixpc HDB

In article <48@lazlo.UUCP> ccs@lazlo.UUCP (Clifford C. Skolnick) writes:
>In article <348@sialis.mn.org> rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) writes:
>>>> A sum(1) on the kernel is:
>>>> [...] 

My machine is out of warranty, but I called the Hotline today and they are
shipping a fixdisk out tomorrow.  They say that some bad copies shipped
out 2 weeks ago are the source of the problems reported (should I believe
them?).

There is a bug in ph/async_main that causes the PID number in the lock
file to be off by one, wreaking havoc with HDB.  I asked if this bug was
fixed, and was told that it isn't a bug as evidenced by a comment in the
source that says "increment the PID."  Great!  Looks like kludge time, since
I know I don't have the knowledge required to patch the binary.


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