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From: weber_w@apollo.uucp (Walt Weber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: TCP/IP 3.1 hangs on rsh
Message-ID: <3d645b73.10b48@apollo.uucp>
Date: 22 Jul 88 01:23:00 GMT
References: <5400029@iuvax> <1894@stpstn.UUCP>
Reply-To: weber_w@apollo.UUCP (Walt Weber)
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA
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In article <1894@stpstn.UUCP> aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri) writes:
>
>I'd be happy if I could get 3.1 tcp to work at all.   I install it,
>and get some error about the /lib/streams file being out of date, so
>I install it with the /lib/streams off of the 3.1 tcp tape, and get
>the same error.-- 

Anthony:

As your message does not give any indication as to HOW the software is failing,
I will answer as though it is a mis-understanding of messages in the install
procedure.  (If this is a bad assumption on my part, please follow up with
what operations are being performed when you get the failures, and some of the
error text from the failure.)

The installation procedures for tcp3.1 include checking the release date
of critical files like /lib/streams, and should give you an advisory message
like "/lib/streams appears to be out of date..." or "/lib/streams appears to
be a newer release and may not need to be updated..." and then asks if you
wish to have the file updated.

If you answer YES to have the file updated, it will update the file, but the
update WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL THE NEXT REBOOT.  The release notes and
installation procedures call this out clearly, I believe.  You should, therefore,
replace the file (if it is out of date), shut down & reboot the node, and then
use tcp3.1.

Please keep us posted (no pun intended) about your progress.

...walt...

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Apollo Computer          GENIE: W.WEBER
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