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From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: V2.03 refresh note
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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:24:56 -0600 (CST)
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> > Everything is a "big" order - since that also means that every package
> > on every computer and every CD everwhere needs to be swapped out.  I
> > don't disagree - but I'd like to know where to focus - which 
> > distributions are absolutely REQUIRED to get a functional package.
> 
> I think you already have those covered.  Fileutils might be a
> first-priority addition, but given the lack of complaints, I'm not
> sure even in that.

mv is obviously broken if the destination exists; touch is broken setting
times; rm can nuke your disk.  I put fil40b.zip on clio (ftp only right
now) - and I'll update the web page.  

> > There are also some of the very old releases on Simtel (less features,
> > work great!) which should also be rebuilt.
> 
> That might prove problematic: some of them might have their build
> procedures too bit-rotten to work.

Fix or remove ...  By the way, we really need some compatibility 
environment variable (or something) to allow uname in 2.04 to provide
2.03 behavior ...