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Article #268Re: re: PATCH on ALPHA ?
From: DEREK
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 18:00
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 18:00
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Wolfgang J. Moeller asked: >Is there no-one who shares my view as an end-user that the ability to >PATCH a distributed program has some value? Oh, no. I share the view. I, too, have patched VMS code to fix problems -- especially when a fix was not forthcoming from DEC, or when the patch would fix a security problem. (Lesse, PHONE, MAIL, and DCL come to mind.) >Sure, patching data, or NOPping instructions does not absolutely >require a tool like MACRO32-level PATCH, but I'd rather not miss >*some* of its features (in particular the ability to extend >a program section). I agree. -Derek S. Haining University Computing Services University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195 (206) 543-5579 DEREK@MAX.BITNET DEREK@MAX.U.WASHINGTON.EDU
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!network.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!macro32 From: DEREK@U.WASHINGTON.EDU Newsgroups: vmsnet.internals Subject: Re: re: PATCH on ALPHA ? Message-ID: <FFC8A7ABFEDFA00D66@MAX.U.WASHINGTON.EDU> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 11:00 PDT Organization: Macro32<==>Vmsnet.Internals Gateway X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List Lines: 25