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From: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Switch to Lattice 5.x?
Message-ID: <59@estinc.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 89 06:44:57 GMT
References: <937@io.UUCP> <5909@cbmvax.UUCP> <15200@oberon.USC.EDU> <88695@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: fnf@estinc.UUCP (Fred Fish)
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In article <88695@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
> [stuff about patching Lattice 5.0 to get 5.02]
>							    I spent
>three hours last night attempting to apply the fixes, doing so very 
>carefully so that I would know that the correct modules had been fixed 
>and that the fixed versions replaced the old versions. I'm still not
>convinced I got it all right. Yes, it is a wonderful compiler, and
>yes many of the fixes were appreciated, but gee, what a way to waste
>an evening.

One simple way to ensure that their customers got all the patches
right would be for them to include a crc listing of all the files
on a patched disk.  The "rls" and "crc" programs in my library
solve exactly this problem.

-Fred
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