eric@cit-vax@sri-unix.UUCP (08/18/83)
Please note what system you are on when you make a bug report or
comment about some program. Recently, I saw a message about
find(1) referring to the -depth switch. I had never heard of that
one and came to the conclusion that it was sysIII or sysV. In this
case the deduction was relatively painless, but on other occasions
I have seen a bug fix and gone into my 4.1bsd code to install it
only to find that the code bears no relation to the code in the bug fix.
Please note at least the system and hopefully some indication of the
version of the software if possible.
* Eric Holstege Caltech, Pasadena, CA.
* eric@cit-vax {ucbvax!cithep,research}!citcsv!ericmsc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow) (12/19/83)
Why are so many 4.2BSD bug reports showing up in net.unix-wizards?
They belong in net.bugs.4bsd.
As system adminstrator at a 4.2bsd site, I'm as interested
in them as anyone but I would prefer them to be collected together
in the appropriate place.
--
From the Tardis of Mark Callow
msc@qubix.UUCP, decwrl!qubix!msc@Berkeley.ARPA
...{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!qubix!msc, ...{ittvax,amd70}!qubix!mscobrien%rand-unix@sri-unix.UUCP (12/21/83)
There are those on the Arpanet who are not on Usenet...they get "unix-wizards" but not "net.bugs.4bsd". Also, the Arpanet is far more reliable than Usenet and some of these reports are very important. I would come down in favor of double posting (at least).
gwyn%brl-vld@sri-unix.UUCP (12/21/83)
From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@brl-vld> net.bugs.4bsd may NOT be the "appropriate place", especially for some of us not on USENET.