Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!ucbvax!ucdavis!ccbin
From: ccbin@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu (Doug Jenner)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Spacewar bug- can't create craft
Keywords: spacewar
Message-ID: <2160@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Date: 2 Jun 88 22:12:53 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
Lines: 12


I got spacewar to compile on a vax 11/750 running 4.3 BSD but can't
get the build routines to work correctly.  I have been able to trace 
the problem to the dbm routine 'fetch' (at least, that is where I
think it is)  Basically, fetch isn't doing it's job so that everytime
it does a database lookup, it never finds old entries.  Result:  every
time you log in, you get a new 'game account' and furthermore any and
all hulls you build will never be accessable.  Now I will be the first
to confess my ignorance of how dbm works, so if anyone has any
ideas...

Doug Jenner