hartley@uvm-cs.UUCP (Steve) (09/20/85)
We are running news.2.10.1 as it came off of the 4.2 BSD distribution tape
(early 1984). Please no flames; as a faculty member who ended up being the
de facto news administrator, I didn't have time to convert to news.2.10.2.
I would like to know if it will be possible to go right to news.2.10.3 when
it hits the net. Thanks.
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Stephen J. Hartley
USENET: {decvax,ihnp4}!dartvax!uvm-gen!uvm-cs!hartley University of Vermont
CSNET: hartley%uvm@csnet-relay (802) 656-3330, 862-5323jbuck@epicen.UUCP (Joe Buck) (09/24/85)
> From: hartley@uvm-cs.UUCP (Steve) > Date: 20 Sep 85 12:13:55 GMT > > We are running news.2.10.1 as it came off of the 4.2 BSD distribution tape > (early 1984). Please no flames; as a faculty member who ended up being the > de facto news administrator, I didn't have time to convert to news.2.10.2. > I would like to know if it will be possible to go right to news.2.10.3 when > it hits the net. Thanks. I have been told by two independent sources that the 2.10.1 version on at least some of the Berkeley distribution tapes contains the infamous line-eater (maybe it should be called "buffer-eater", since it really eats the first 1024 characters of the message body) bug. Will one of the more experienced net gurus correct me if I'm wrong? Is there a simple patch that will correct the bug? -- Joe Buck | Entropic Processing, Inc. UUCP: {ucbvax,ihnp4}!dual!epicen!jbuck | 10011 N. Foothill Blvd. ARPA: dual!epicen!jbuck@BERKELEY.ARPA | Cupertino, CA 95014
usenet@ucbvax.ARPA (USENET News Administration) (09/25/85)
Joe, you are correct, the version of netnews that was included in 4.2 BSD had the `line eating' bug. Anyone who is still running anything earlier than 2.10.2 should update as soon as humanly possible. Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucbarpa.BERKELEY.EDU