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From: ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: commands/date.c bug + fix
Summary: PC-MINIX was OK
Message-ID: <2003@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jan 89 22:11:45 GMT
References: <321@cstw01.UUCP> <324@cst.UUCP>
Organization: Silo Tech, Fargo ND, USA
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In article <324@cst.UUCP> meulenbr@cst.UUCP (Frans Meulenbroeks) writes:
>Oops I goofed. As I said I sent an untested shar. Well I learned to do
>this never again.

I hope so.  Getting untested bug fixes scares me; there is no way that you
can truly say that the purported bugs are fixed.  Or that the "fix" didn't
break something else.  So far I haven't noticed any real problems with
this.  We've been lucky.

Another thing I find lacking in this group which I enjoy from
comp.sources.bugs and comp.bugs.{4bsd,sysv,...} is an explanation of what
the bug is and how to duplicate it.  I like to know WHAT is wrong so I can
be on the lookout for any other problems like it.

>>I got also a bug report that cc would not work properly on this day.
>>I have not been able to verify this. The person who told me about this,
>>said that it happened on an ST. I'm unsure if this happens on a PC as
>>well.

>I could repeat this. /usr/lib/cem crashes with signal 11.
>This only happens on 12/31 on leap years. No explanation. No fix, since
>I do not have source from cem. Perhaps the same problem as above.
>Perhaps this problem only exist in Minix/ST.

I burned a LOT of CPU time on the 31st compiling under Minix-PC ("1.3d" with
1.2 compiler binaries) and did not encounter any compiler crashes.  Not all
of the output code worked, but that was my fault :-)

>>Something unrelated:
>>Is someone aware of a PD SCCS/RCS clone/alternative?
>>Any pointers would be appreciated greatly.

Why an RCS clone?  You can get the real thing from arthur.cs.purdue.edu via
anonymous FTP, and GNU has a diff3.  I haven't tried putting the two
together under Minix (I keep all my RCS stuff on a VAX).

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