Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!amdahl!drivax!news From: davison@drivax.UUCP (Wayne Davison) Newsgroups: news.software.nn Subject: Re: Want nn 6.3 patch #7 Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 90 00:33:21 GMT References: <2461@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk> <1285@gapprd.gapos.bt.co.uk> <1990Feb3.191848.19655@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> Sender: news@drivax.UUCP (news admin) Organization: Digital Research, Monterey CA Lines: 30 molenda@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Jason "Hax R Us" Molenda) wrote: }a) as someone said before, there is no patch #7; it's a whole new archive } [of] files. This is demonstrably false. I am in possession of the illusive patch #7, which brings the usenet-posted patchlevel 6 version (nn-6.3.6) into sync with the ftp version (nn-6.3.7). It has been posted multiple times here the access information to an archive server that has the 230k patch. When I requested the patches, I didn't even attempt to let them auto-route to me, I sent them the "Send-To:" command in the body of the request with the "best" route to get back to me. The confusion probably arose because Kim Storm decided to stop upgrading v6.3 over usenet (which was at version 6.3.5), but supplied an upgraded version of nn for ftp (v6.3.7). Unfortunately, a bug in nnmaster's handling of the from line needed to be fixed, and a usenet patchlevel 6.3.6 was created that only fixed this problem (the ftp version fixed this problem in v6.3.8). The patch set now known as "patch #7" actually turns usenet v6.3.6 into ftp v6.3.7, at which time you should apply patches 8-10 to it to bring it up-to-date. Ok? Did I lose you? The best solution is probably to take Kim up on his offer to supply usenet with version 6.3.12 when he has debugged it a bit more. I'd suggest posting the sources to comp.sources.misc. This makes sure that the source is automatically archived (and thus prepares us for all the "where's version 6.3.12?" requests) as well as avoiding the net complaints that would arise from having such a large increase in bandwidth for a non-source group. -- Wayne Davison \ /| / /| \/ /| /(_) davison@drivax.UUCP (_)/ |/ /\| / / |/ \ ...!amdahl!drivax!davison