Re: MacTools 7.2 bug & patch

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From: Jim Meiss
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 1988 03:07

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Steve Brecher writes:	
>MacTools 7.2 contains a bug that can cause a crash when Pyro! 3.1 is installed..

>The patch is located in block 198 (C6 hexadecimal) of MacTools 7.2 at offset
>70 hexadecimal bytes within the block:
> 
> old contents: 206E 0008 2050 3F10 206E 0008 2050
> change to:    3F10 4868 000A 486E FFF8 A874 6004
> 
>Note for users of other patching utilities:  the "old contents" is not a unique
>pattern within the file; the instance to be patched is the second occurrance.

>brecher@well.UUCP (Steve Brecher)

	In my MacTools 7.2 (Created July 5,1988, Modified Nov 8, 1988),
the above string occurs for the second time in block C9 at offset 4B,
rather than C6.
	Is the same bit of code!?

					Jim Meiss
					jdm@emx.utexas.edu

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From: jdm@ut-emx.UUCP (Jim Meiss)
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Subject: Re: MacTools 7.2 bug & patch
Summary: Code to be patched not found in the right place...
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Date: 8 Dec 88 03:07:07 GMT
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