brant@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Brant Cheikes) (08/07/87)
A recent call to the hotline revealed that a maintenance version of the UnixPC software is available, Version 3.51. That is to say that there is now a version 3.51 of both the Foundation Set and the Unix Utilities. Curiously, I have 3.51 of the utilities, but not the F/S (I acquired my 3B1 recently). I don't know what fixes 3.51 contains. My real question concerns CAPCTRL3.5, available from The Store! Has anyone tried using it under V3.51? There doesn't seem to be a new version available from The Store!, and my impression is that no one is "minding The Store!" these days. The install file restricts CAPCTRL3.5 to installation on version 3.5. I'd hate to lose this program under the new release. Brant ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brant Cheikes University of Pennsylvania ARPA: brant@linc.cis.upenn.edu Computer and Information Science =============================================================================
tody@noao.arpa (Doug Tody X217) (08/08/87)
In article <1692@super.upenn.edu>, brant@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Brant Cheikes) writes: > > ...My real question concerns CAPCTRL3.5, available from The Store! Has > anyone tried using it under V3.51? ... The install file restricts CAPCTRL3.5 > to installation on version 3.5... Yes, a V3.5 release is still being mailed and it won't install on V3.51, but you can hack the Install script and it works fine once installed; I just did this last night. The installable file is placed in /usr/spool/uucppublic/STORE by uucp. To fix it, unpack the files with cpio, edit the 'Install' file to permit V3.51, repack the cpio file and replace the orignal. It will then install ok, and it works fine under V3.51.
jhc@mtune.ATT.COM (Jonathan Clark) (08/08/87)
Does CAPCTRL3.5 work on 3.51? Yes. The reason that the test for 3.5 is in there is because this version hard-crashes a 3.0 kernel and recovery is less than trivial. At the time we didn't know what the next software release was going to be called and so couldn't test for it. If I have a spare minute one evening I'll fix the test. BTW, people are minding the STORE, but it's way down on the priority list and there are some, er, constraints that we have to conform to. -- Jonathan Clark [NAC,attmail]!mtune!jhc An Englishman never enjoys himself except for some noble purpose.
richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk) (08/08/87)
> > My real question concerns CAPCTRL3.5, available from The Store! Has > anyone tried using it under V3.51? There doesn't seem to be a new > version available from The Store!, and my impression is that no one > is "minding The Store!" these days. The install file restricts > CAPCTRL3.5 to installation on version 3.5. I'd hate to lose this > program under the new release. > I have the 3.51 foundation set and 3.5 utilities. I manualy cpio'd the CAPCTRL3.5 package apart and edited the "Install" file to force it to think I was running 3.5. Then I did a "sh Install" and everything seems to work. Though it did go a little screwy once or twice, for the last 12 to 15 hours it's been solid (got my fingers crossed). Definitely can't live with the original keyboard layout. BTW: the ICONCLAST package from the store doesn't seem to be compatible with 3.51. Anybody got a solution for the noisy fan? -- Richard Foulk ...{dual,vortex,ihnp4}!islenet!richard Honolulu, Hawaii
jlw@mtuxo.UUCP (J.WOOD) (08/08/87)
Yes, Virginia, CAPCTRL3.5 works with 3.51. I did mine thusly: cpio -icBdum < /dev/rfp021 (my saved version from THE STORE!) vi Install and find the hook and remove it cat Files | cpio -ocB > /usr/spool/uucppublic/CAP+IN go to ua and install software sent by Email Joe Wood lznv!jlw
feb@cblpe.ATT.COM (Franco Barber) (08/10/87)
In article <3409@islenet.UUCP> richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk) writes: >BTW: the ICONCLAST package from the store doesn't seem to be compatible >with 3.51. >Richard Foulk ...{dual,vortex,ihnp4}!islenet!richard >Honolulu, Hawaii Does ICONCLAST work on 3.5 ?? I couldn't get it to work on my 3.5 system. -- Franco Barber AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio ..!cbosgd!cblpf!cblpe!feb (614) 860-7803
kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) (08/11/87)
In article <1692@super.upenn.edu>, brant@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Brant Cheikes) writes:
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:>
:> My real question concerns CAPCTRL3.5, available from The Store! Has
:> anyone tried using it under V3.51? There doesn't seem to be a new
:> version available from The Store!, and my impression is that no one
:> is "minding The Store!" these days. The install file restricts
:> CAPCTRL3.5 to installation on version 3.5. I'd hate to lose this
:> program under the new release.
I am using this combination now. I did have to go into the Install file
in the CAPCTRL3.5 distribution to change its test of the current version
to include 3.51 as a legal version.
BTW, for those who use it, HDB3.5 is also okay.