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From: jsw@xhead.SGI.COM (Jeff Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Q: Patching Binaries under AIX 1.1
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Date: 5 Jan 90 05:02:18 GMT
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In article <6693@columbia.edu>, ji@close.cs.columbia.edu (John
Ioannidis) writes:
> Why oh why did the powers-that-be remove adb from the
> distribution? 

I believe that the reasoning went something like this:

	"why would anyone want to use adb when we have such a swell dbx?"

	"I can't think of any reason off the top of my head"

	"OK, lets just leave it out"

	"OK"

There is a version of adb for AIX PS/2 that does exist within
the development groups, but I suspect that it will never be
released.  Remember, users don't patch the kernel.  :-)

	--Jeff

Jeff Weinstein
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Entry Systems Division, Window Systems
jsw@xhead.esd.sgi.com
Any opinions expressed above are mine, not sgi's.