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Article #27REPOST: Prime Time Freeware 1-2 Bulletin, 920907
From: David Clunie
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:23
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:23
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First posted by "rdm@cfcl.com (Rich Morin)".
***** Prime Time Freeware 1-2 Bulletin, 920907 *****
The second issue of PTF has now been shipping for four weeks. Sales are
going like crazy (the first printing is practically sold out), but some
annoying problems have surfaced:
a2z/bin/p.get
archive/9660_u
a2z/docs/booklet.ps
disc readability
file errors
a2z/bin/p.get:
The p.get (package retrieval) script does not work properly on systems
which use version numbers (;1) and/or UPPER_CASE letters in file names.
A new version is available.
a2z/docs/booklet.ps:
The booklet PostScript on the discs is for Issue 1-1, and was left on
by accident. The correct PostScript is available.
archive/9660_u:
The 9660_u (ISO-9660) utilities miss files in the top-level directory
and in some large directories. A new version is available.
disc readability:
The PTF 1-2 discs exercise a flaw in certain (e.g., Everex, Mitsumi,
NEC) drives. DMI has said it will solve this in the second printing,
so the problem should not recur. If you have disc(s) that you cannot
mount/read/etc., please contact us so that we can replace them:
Prime Time Freeware Tel: +1 408-738-4832
415-112 N. Mary Ave., Suite 50 Fax: +1 408-738-2050
Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA ptf@cfcl.com
file errors:
Some bits got munged between the tar tape and the one-off for the 1-2b
disc. (We naively assumed we only had to make up a clean tar tape; now
we know better...) We have fixed this in the second printing, but there
are still around 1000 copies out there with bogus files. So:
1) We have made up some adb patches for most of the bogons.
2) We will be glad to swap you new discs for old, as above.
Here are the 1-2b adb patches (for more detail, see below):
0.all (OK on 1-2a)
a2z/lists/hpl.txt (OK on 1-2a)
gnu/cygnus/solaris/1_0_bin.atz 0t1546554?w7e0a
gnu/cygnus/vintage/911206.at (too many ...)
usenet/comp/sources/games/volume10.at 0t2864390?wa3d9
0t2864458?w368
window/i_views/3_0_1.atz 0t2705154?wb33
***** Obtaining PTF bug fixes, information, etc. *****
Walnut Creek CD-ROM has graciously provided a PTF directory in their FTP
archive (cdrom.com:/pub/ptf). The directory contains annotated adb hacks,
bug fixes, text, booklet PostScript, the Hierarchical Package List for PTF
1-2, etc. If you do not have FTP access, or if the directory contents do
not meet your needs, please email to:
ptf@cfcl.com inquiries
ptf-bugs@cfcl.com bug reports
ptf-help@cfcl.com requests for assistance, updates, etc.
--
Rich Morin, Canta Forda Computer Laboratory | Prime Time Freeware - quality
UNIX consulting, training, and writing | freeware at affordable prices
P.O. Box 1488, Pacifica, CA, 94044, USA | ptf@cfcl.com
rdm@cfcl.com +1 415-873-7841 (Voice/Fax) | +1 408-738-4832 (V), -2050 (F)
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