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From: hoang@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Dzung Hoang)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: cannot get patch and pdtar to work
Keywords: patch, pdtar, minix, upgrade
Message-ID: <820@rex.cs.tulane.edu>
Date: 31 May 89 05:03:03 GMT
Reply-To: hoang@rex.UUCP (Dzung Hoang)
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
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    I ftp'ed the files patch and pdtar from bugs.nosc.mil in an attempt to
upgrade minix from v1.2 to v1.3.  When the files were transferred to minix,
they won't run and produce a "cannot execute" error.
    I used binary mode for all file tranfers.  The size and checksum (4.3BSD)
for both files are:

	    sum         size
	    ---         ----
patch   16616 15        30626
pdtar   64145 13        26478

    Am I doing something wrong in transferring the files, or are the files
on bugs.nosc.mil bad?

Dzung Hoang
hoang@rex.cs.tulane.edu
tulane!rex!hoang