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From: rick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs,gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: Re: problems with 18.54 distribution/patches (long)
Summary: rude aspersions
Message-ID: <56766@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 4 Jun 89 05:13:50 GMT
References: <872@apctrc.UUCP> <TALE.89May20013706@imagine.pawl.rpi.edu>
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In article <TALE.89May20013706@imagine.pawl.rpi.edu>, tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) writes:
> In <872@apctrc.UUCP> zjat02@apctrc.trc.amoco.com (Jon A. Tankersley) writes:
> > Something is sorely broken in 18.54 distribution (as found on uunet) and
> > patches.  At least for Sun3 under SunOS 4.0.1:  Some of these could be
> > attributed to other misc. patches, but not all.  Anybody got any ideas?
> 
> My idea is that it is the uunet copy which is "sorely broken". 

The uunet "copy" is exactly that. It is an EXACT image copy of
emacs-18.54.tar.Z from prep.ai.mit.edu.

Do us all a favor and shut up when you don't know what you are talking about.
("imagine" is a fitting machine for you to be using...)

---rick

(I even got a fresh copy from prep tonight to verify it. What
we have is identical to whats on prep)