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From: odlin@reed.UUCP (Iain Odlin)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: The patches posted to comp.sources.games
Summary: Ever wonder?
Message-ID: <12624@reed.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 89 05:32:49 GMT
References: <1501@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM> <12619@reed.UUCP>
Reply-To: odlin@reed.UUCP (Iain Odlin)
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Organization: Atreides' House of Exotic Architecture
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Note: Our system is a VAX 11/785 running modified BSD 4.3


  Well, I just finished installing the patches in my copy of Galactic
  Bloodshed.

  Do you ever get the feeling that the cure is worse than the problem?

  I did.

  Problems with the patches:

  -The file order.c now contains two lines which cause the compiler to choke
   on the ASCII value of a null character.

  -The order command works no better than it did before even after you fix
   the null character.  That is: you still can't order a '[' to do anything.

  -Every command which depends on rst.c no longer works.

  -The load command now displays the wrong numbers when you use the ? option.

  -The game starts you out with zero population now.  "Boy, what a growth
   vector!"

  -The help command now locks the game up some of the time with a "sh -c"

  On the other hand:

  -You can now live in different types of atmospheres (or lack thereof).

  I will post fixes as soon as I figure them out...Help is appreciated.

  Thanks.
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