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Re: DIS216D - a health warning.

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From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 00:00
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Ian Wade (ian@dowrmain.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> BUT DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY DOING THIS if you already have 
> dis216c.

Can I please note that Ian is correct here. DIS216D.EXE is available
should any one feel they need it to upgrade, but there is no real
benefit is downloading this large file over downloading the fixed
net216d.exe

> As Malcolm says, dis216d contains the fixed NET.EXE and the latest
> SNEWS. But in almost all other respects it is unchanged from 216c.
> In particular:

[detail deleted]

Again Ian is correct. There was a pressing need to update net.exe to
fix the bug that stopped it working. I am working on updating the
whole package, but at the present time the changes are untested and
will contain bugs. I did not want to release something in that state,
but there was a need to replace the old DIS216C.EXE for new users such
that they did not download the faulty version of NET contained in it.

I know dis216d is out of date, but releasing this was the lesser of
two evils, given the need to do something urgently.

--
Malcolm S. Muir
Sunderland
England
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From: malcolm@thokk.demon.co.uk (Malcolm Muir)
Subject: Re: DIS216D - a health warning.
Date: 1995/10/03
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