Xref: utzoo comp.bugs.4bsd:1430 comp.sources.d:4141 comp.unix.wizards:18453 Path: utzoo!attcan!ncrcan!hcr!chrisp From: chrisp@hcr.UUCP (Chris Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.sources.d,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Bugs in the BSD sources ?? Message-ID: <2244@hcr.UUCP> Date: 3 Oct 89 19:11:54 GMT References: <1802@cooper.cooper.EDU> <1989Sep30.060807.15103@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: chrisp@spinor.UUCP (Chris Phillips) Organization: HCR Corporation Toronto, Ontario Canada Lines: 24 In article <1989Sep30.060807.15103@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.UUCP writes: >In article <1802@cooper.cooper.EDU> hak@cooper.cooper.EDU (Jeff Hakner ) writes: >> Are the BSD sources, archived @uunet, among other places, >> the sources to actual, working, tested programs? > >Uh, this may come as a surprise, but universities generally do not have >quality-control departments. Alas. And considering some of the screwups >that come out of places that *have* QC departments, like Sun, it should >not be surprising that free software is sometimes worth what it costs. >(Fortunately, it's *usually* worth more.) >-- >"Where is D.D. Harriman now, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology >when we really *need* him?" | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu I guess that the original question still needs an answer. Yes that bug is in code as delivered from bsd. -- Chris Phillips, Hcr Corp.,1001 "A wise old owl sat in an oak, 130 Bloor St W,Toronto Ontario The more he heard the less he spoke, Bell: (416) 922-1937 M5S 1N5 The less he spoke the more he heard, CIS : 75026,3673 CANADA Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?" UUCP: {utzoo,utcsri,ihnp4}!hcr!chrisp