ned@pebbles.cad.mcc.com (CME Ned Nowotny) (07/27/89)
I am running the 3.5 foundation set and the 3.5 development set. Recently, I received a copy of the 3.51a fix disk from the folks at the AT&T hotline. (After calling to request it, of course.) Now, when I went to apply it to my system, it ran through to a point where it stopped, complained that the fixes could only be applied to a 3.51 system, and then backed out almost everything it had done. What is the truth of this complaint? If I go through and manually apply the updates to my system, will there be any problems? Ned Nowotny, MCC CAD Program, Box 200195, Austin, TX 78720 Ph: (512) 338-3715 ARPA: ned@mcc.com UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!milano!cadillac!ned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We have ways to make you scream." - Intel advertisement in the June 1989 DDJ.
rlf@mtgzy.att.com (r.l.fletcher) (07/28/89)
In article <1941@cadillac.CAD.MCC.COM>, ned@pebbles.cad.mcc.com (CME Ned Nowotny) writes: > I am running the 3.5 foundation set and the 3.5 development set. Recently, > I received a copy of the 3.51a fix disk from the folks at the AT&T hotline. > (After calling to request it, of course.) > > Now, when I went to apply it to my system, it ran through to a point where > it stopped, complained that the fixes could only be applied to a 3.51 > system, and then backed out almost everything it had done. What is the > truth of this complaint? If I go through and manually apply the updates > to my system, will there be any problems? There are fixdisks available from the hotline for 3.5. I just got a set in the mail yesterday. They are labeled: 3.5 FIX DISK V 2.0 UNIX PC fix 1001 They (2 floppys) contain: 100644 root 5 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 Size 100644 root 26 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 Name 100755 root 603 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 Install 100755 root 670 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 Remove 100644 root 376 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 Files 40777 root 0 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 kernel 100644 root 33 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 kernel/Name 100644 root 719 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 kernel/Info 100755 root 588 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 kernel/Install 100777 root 183287 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 kernel/UNIX3.5.1.4 100777 root 22171 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 kernel/hfc_ctl 100755 root 22366 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 kernel/lipc.o 100644 root 809 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 kernel/Buglist 40777 root 0 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ph 100644 root 26 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ph/Name 100755 root 39 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ph/Install 100644 root 255 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ph/Info 100755 root 109484 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ph/ph 100644 root 423 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ph/Buglist 40777 root 0 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ua 100644 root 23 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ua/Name 100755 root 51 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ua/Install 100644 root 231 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ua/Info 100755 root 85548 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ua/ua 100644 root 143 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 ua/Buglist 40777 root 0 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 sdb 100644 root 36 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 sdb/Name 100644 root 145 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 sdb/Info 100755 root 43 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 sdb/Install 100755 root 72152 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 sdb/sdb 100644 root 158 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 sdb/Buglist 40777 root 0 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 termcap 100644 root 53 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 termcap/Name 100644 root 432 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 termcap/Info 100755 root 59 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 termcap/Install 100644 root 73242 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 termcap/termcap 100644 root 206 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 termcap/Buglist 100644 root 25 Mar 18 10:51:42 1988 Fixes I have not yet attempted to install them, are they the same as your fixdisks? Ron Fletcher att!mtgzy!rlf
rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) (07/29/89)
>> I am running the 3.5 foundation set and the 3.5 development set. Recently, >> I received a copy of the 3.51a fix disk from the folks at the AT&T hotline. >> (After calling to request it, of course.) >> >> Now, when I went to apply it to my system, it ran through to a point where >> it stopped, complained that the fixes could only be applied to a 3.51 >> system, and then backed out almost everything it had done. What is the >> truth of this complaint? If I go through and manually apply the updates >> to my system, will there be any problems? Yes. >There are fixdisks available from the hotline for 3.5. I just >got a set in the mail yesterday. They are labeled: > > 3.5 FIX DISK V 2.0 UNIX PC > > [...] > >I have not yet attempted to install them, are they the same as your >fixdisks? They will not be the same. You cannot apply 3.5 OS fixes on the 3.51 operating system, and neither can you do the reverse, apply 3.51 fixes to 3.5. Attempting to do so may result in some unexpectedly ugly things. Applying them by hand is possible, but there's a reason the scripts won't let you do it. They're not the same OS. At the absolute _least_, it won't do you any good. The bugs being repaired by the 3.5 fixdisk(s) to the 3.5 OS are not the same bugs being fixed by the 3.51 fixdisk(s) to the 3.51 OS. They are not different versions of the same fixdisk. They are completely different in scope and result. Do not install the incorrect fixes. Call up and get the correct fixdisk sets. You must specify the correct operating system you are using, otherwise the Hotline will assuredly assume you are running 3.51. Make sure you receive all sets if there are more than one. -- ________Robert J. Granvin________ INTERNET: rjg@sialis.mn.org ____National Computer Systems____ BITNET: rjg%sialis.mn.org@cs.umn.edu __National Information Services__ UUCP: ...amdahl!bungia!sialis!rjg "Scotty! I've gotta have motor functions in three minutes or we're all dead!"