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mkconf bug

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From: dukeswd
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1980 10:42
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Some time ago a bug was reported in scanf relating to
scanning the format string "%d%c".  (This bug is fixed
in the duke version of stdio.)
It seems that mkconf.c REQUIRES this bug in order to work.
Thus we suggest the following fix to mkconf.c:

diff mkconf.c.good mkconf.c.original
107c107
< 	"	trap; br7+10.		/ 11/70 parity\n",
---
> 	"	trap; br7+7.		/ 11/70 parity\n",
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< 	if (n == 0)
< 		n = sscanf(line, "%s%s%ld", keyw, dev, &num);
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From: duke!swd
Newsgroups: NET.v7bugs
Subject: mkconf bug
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1980 10:42:51 +0000
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