[comp.sys.sun] "refer" on Sparcstations

hess@ifi.unizh.ch (Michael Hess) (03/16/90)

We have problems running "refer" and "lookbib" on our new Sparcstations
(SunOS 4.0.3).  We consistently get memory faults.  Does anyone have
experience with this?  Any hints will be appreciated.

Michael Hess
hess@ifi.unizh.ch

eggert@uunet.uu.net (Paul Eggert) (03/18/90)

In Sun-Spots 9:83:5 hess@ifi.unizh.ch (Michael Hess) writes:

	We have problems running "refer" and "lookbib" on our new Sparcstations
	(SunOS 4.0.3).  We consistently get memory faults.

These programs have several bugs under SunOS 4.0*:

	bug#1009231 refer dumps core if file ends with .]
	bug#1014477 lookbib broken under 4.0
	so#359103 lookbib: no output if indxbib isn't run; Sparcs dump core if
		indxbib _is_ run

Patches are available from Sun software support.  Rumor has it that the
bugs are fixed in SunOS 4.1.