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Article #271Re: IBM bug notification/update policy
From: Greg Noel
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1989 17:44
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1989 17:44
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In article <6473@stiatl.UUCP> tom@stiatl.UUCP (Tom Wiencko) writes: >This is not the best one. Back in the days when I used to submit a lot of >APARs (Authorized Program Analysis Reports, aka bug reports) IBM had a classic >way of closing a report they did not want to fix. You ready for this? Better >sit down. > >"We are closing your APAR as an undocumented restriction." > There is a problem with AIX (2.2.x), when you make an open call to open the parallel printer port you get back a file identifier, no matter the state of the printer (let's say Nebraska). The open call will NOT fail. After talking to support and four weeks I got a call back: "We are closing your APAR as an permanent undocumented restriction." The write to that file identifier creates a whole other set of problems... -- Greg Noel [Gn] Versyss, inc., Torrance, Ca. Nothing Works, and Nobody Cares. -W Allen
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!cadovax!gregn From: gregn@cadovax.UUCP (Greg Noel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: IBM bug notification/update policy Message-ID: <2408@cadovax.UUCP> Date: 21 Aug 89 17:44:55 GMT References: <550@pan.UUCP> <6473@stiatl.UUCP> Reply-To: gregn@cadovax.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA Lines: 21