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From: sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Problem with ARP shell, PIP:, and More
Message-ID: <55208@linus.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jun 89 02:48:37 GMT
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Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA
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In-reply-to: johnm@spudge.UUCP's message of 2 Jun 89 21:32:35 GMT


In article <1000@spudge.UUCP> johnm@spudge.UUCP (John Munsch) writes:

> I have had to remove less from my system completely because it is a
> guaranteed GURU somewhere down the road after I use it.  I've been
> completely unsuccessful at determining what it is that is causing
> the conflict....

Less v1.3 has a genuine and repeatable bug (which earlier versions of
Less didn't have).  If you run GOMF 3.0 with vector checking enabled
(the ^ option), and run Less v1.3, GOMF 3.0 will trap the error.  If
you don't run GOMF 3.0 this way, the bug remains to cause bizarre
behavior later on.  For example, selecting a disk icon with the mouse
immediately after starting Less v1.3 causes an immediate Guru.

I have attempted to notify the author of Less v1.3 about this bug.  So
far, I have received no response.


Steven Litvintchouk
MITRE Corporation
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