chrisj@ut-emx.UUCP (Chris Johnson) (12/22/89)
Well, folks, 1.0 has been one of "those kind" of releases. Version 1.0 of Gatekeeper Aid went through it's testing process with flying colors, but as soon as it found it's way into the real world things started breaking. Many of the problems were simply confusing features (the Implied Loader messages), while others were actual bugs and caused real trouble (the eject bug under MultiFinder, and applications that suddenly failed to launch). Although most users seem to have been able to use 1.0 without incident, many did experience the aforementioned problems. It's been real "interesting" at this end, I assure you. :-( In any case, I think we can leave the bulk of these problems behind us. Gatekeeper 1.0.1 is now ready for release. It eliminates a problem caused by inaccurate and/or incomplete documentation of the OpenResFile() routine in Inside Mac. It eliminates the requests for reinsertion of diskettes under MultiFinder. This alone eliminates a big problem encountered by DiskFit users. (I don't think this particular bug was in Gatekeeper Aid, but it's a long story.) It eliminates the possibility of "normal" Desktop resources being flagged as "Implied Loader" viruses. It does some other good stuff too, and just generally improves the reliability significantly. A few more details are available in the enclosed "Gatekeeper Aid Docs." file. Gatekeeper Aid 1.0.1 should soon appear in comp.binaries.mac, and on the sumex and simtel archives. It is currently available on ix1.cc.utexas.edu and ix2.cc.utexas.edu for anonymous ftp in the directory: ~microlib/mac/virus Happy virus hunting! Cheers, ----Chris ----chrisj@emx.utexas.edu
chrisj@ut-emx.UUCP (Chris Johnson) (12/31/89)
If you read this message the first time it was posted, you won't find any new information here. This re-posting corrects a mistake I made when specifying the path to the virus directory on ix1.cc.utexas.edu and ix2.cc.utexas.edu. My apologies for any confusion this mistake may have caused. Well, folks, 1.0 has been one of "those kind" of releases. Version 1.0 of Gatekeeper Aid went through it's testing process with flying colors, but as soon as it found it's way into the real world things started breaking. Many of the problems were simply confusing features (the Implied Loader messages), while others were actual bugs and caused real trouble (the eject bug under MultiFinder, and applications that suddenly failed to launch). Although most users seem to have been able to use 1.0 without incident, many did experience the aforementioned problems. It's been real "interesting" at this end, I assure you. :-( In any case, I think we can leave the bulk of these problems behind us. Gatekeeper 1.0.1 is now ready for release. It eliminates a problem caused by inaccurate and/or incomplete documentation of the OpenResFile() routine in Inside Mac. It eliminates the requests for reinsertion of diskettes under MultiFinder. This alone eliminates a big problem encountered by DiskFit users. (I don't think this particular bug was in Gatekeeper Aid, but it's a long story.) It eliminates the possibility of "normal" Desktop resources being flagged as "Implied Loader" viruses. It does some other good stuff too, and just generally improves the reliability significantly. A few more details are available in the enclosed "Gatekeeper Aid Docs." file. Gatekeeper Aid 1.0.1 should soon appear in comp.binaries.mac, and on the sumex and simtel archives. It is currently available on ix1.cc.utexas.edu and ix2.cc.utexas.edu for anonymous ftp in the directory: microlib/mac/virus Happy virus hunting! Cheers, ----Chris ----chrisj@emx.utexas.edu