Xref: utzoo comp.bugs.4bsd:1417 comp.sources.d:4114 comp.unix.wizards:18398 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!dls From: dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (David L Stevens) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.sources.d,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Bugs in the BSD sources ?? Message-ID: <4281@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 30 Sep 89 07:17:00 GMT References: <1802@cooper.cooper.EDU> <13879@well.UUCP> Reply-To: dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (David L Stevens) Organization: PUCC UNIX Group Lines: 15 I think if Jef P. had read the article he's being sarcastic about, he'd realize that "software has bugs" isn't quite so clever an answer. I got some kernel source for IP/ICMP's record & source route options from this archive a while back and I found that it wouldn't even compile, either, because of minor missing declarations and couple lines of missing code. It was pretty obvious and quickly fixed, but it is bizarre that someone would include compile-time errors in a distribution source. On the other hand, it's free and very useful. It just takes away a little confidence when the code you get doesn't compile and so you're certain nobody's every tested exactly that version-- also certain it ISN'T the one they really run at Berkeley. Just close. -- +-DLS (dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)