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Marc Ballmer, an OpenBSD developer squashes 25 year old BSD bug
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Amazing. I am reminded again about how complex software has become. And 4.2BSD is (was?) comparatively simple.
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You should look at AT&T UNIX Version 6 code...
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I'm not saying the OS internals were trivial, just much simpler than they are now. |
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The worst thing about this - after reading an article on it via slashdot - is that the Samba people had been using a work-around for this for years, and nobody thought to tell a BSD developer so that the (in the end, very simple) error could be fixed!!!
The moral is, then, to file your bug reports! (And then keep up with and reply to the mailing list threads! (guilty! ))
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That's not true.
From the comments section on the Undeadly page: Quote:
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OK, then that's the blame put in the right quarter then. (Ours.)
Still, the moral stands! If you are working around an error, report it, and try to get it fixed. A short, compilable program or script that clearly demonstrates the error helps immeasurably.
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has this bug being solved because i guess i am experimenting the same problem. should i update the system and/or samba?
thank you. all the best, v |
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Yes, it has been fixed in OpenBSD, NetBSD, and FreeBSD ... I don't know about other BSD flavours...
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