das@eplunix.UUCP (David Steffens) (01/28/91)
There is a minor, but annoying, bug in the installation script for SP-50 version 4.0 (Data Acquisition Software) which prevents installation of the new manual pages for this product. I wouldn't have noticed the bug except that my first crack at the installation failed for unrelated reasons. This allowed me to look at the subdirectories of /update before they were trashed. I noticed that the man/man1 and man/man8 directories had not been emptied. Context diffs follow. *** i_sp-50_4.0bad Sun Mar 25 21:06:02 1990 --- i_sp-50_4.0 Thu Jan 10 16:52:11 1991 *************** *** 403,409 # # Save existing man pages that will be overwritten # ! if [ -d /update/SP-50/${MANDIR} -a MANEXIST -eq 1 ] then if [ ! -d ${SAVEDIR}/usr ] then --- 403,409 ----- # # Save existing man pages that will be overwritten # ! if [ -d /update/SP-50/${MANDIR} -a $MANEXIST -eq 1 ] then if [ ! -d ${SAVEDIR}/usr ] then -- David Allan Steffens | I believe in learning from past mistakes... Eaton-Peabody Laboratory | ...but does a good education require so many? Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114 {harvard,mit-eddie,think}!eplunix!das (617) 573-3748 (1400-1900h EST) Articles to: concurrent@soma.bcm.tmc.edu or uunet!soma.bcm.tmc.edu!concurrent Administrative stuff: concurrent-request@soma.bcm.tmc.edu Stan Barber, Moderator
gordon@masscomp.ccur.com (Gordon Weast) (02/01/91)
Thank you for pointing out this oversight. I will notify field service of the error. At least the hard copy version of the man pages is correct. Future versions of SP-50 will have a corrected install script. I do not expect to issue a fixed install script for v4.0 unless more serious bugs exist in it. Gordon Weast Principal Engineer (Chief sp-50 install script hacker) Concurrent Computer Corp. Internet: gordon@westford.ccur.com uucp: ...!uunet!masscomp!gordon