mark@osupyr.UUCP (05/29/87)
Does anyone have any of the JOVE 4.5 bug fixes? I understand that they appeared on the net a while back.....? Thanxalot in advance --mark -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Mark Welch / 1528 Neil Ave #C / Columbus OH 43201-2341 / 614 299 1297 - - UUCP: cbosgd!osupyr!mark - - {cbosgd, cbatt}!osu-eddie!osupyr!mark - - Any email under 200 degrees greatly appreciated. - - `More bowling balls, man! More bowling balls!' - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jpayne@rochester.ARPA (Jonathan Payne) (05/29/87)
In article <337@osupyr.UUCP> mark@osupyr.UUCP (Mark Welch) writes: > > > >Does anyone have any of the JOVE 4.5 bug fixes? I understand that they >appeared on the net a while back.....? > The bug fix you probably care most about is this one: In getblock() near the beginning, change if (lastb != 0 && lastb->b_bno == bno) return lastb->b_buf + off; to if (lastb != 0 && lastb->b_bno == bno) { lastb->b_dirty |= iof; return lastb->b_buf + off; } That caused major damage to buffers in very unpredictable ways. I plan to send out updates for the mod.sources posting of JOVE in a few days (now that I have a little time). You might want to look at those, too. Jonathan Payne jpayne@bfly-vax.bbn.com (or above address)