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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.bugs:1808 comp.bugs.4bsd:2003 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.bugs.4bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!nott!cunews!revcan!gjk!diana!db From: db@diana.ocunix.on.ca (Dyane Bruce) Subject: Re: /usr/games/bcd bug update Message-ID: <1993Nov11.153259.15192@diana.ocunix.on.ca> Organization: db Software References: <1993Nov11.085209.12522@diana.ocunix.on.ca> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 15:32:59 GMT Lines: 26 In article <1993Nov11.085209.12522@diana.ocunix.on.ca> db@diana.ocunix.on.ca (Dyane Bruce) writes: > A week ago I posted a patch for bcd.c, I realized I goofed ... ... BTW, I'd still like >to know if the bug was in the original V7 version of this >"whimsy" program... If anybody can tell me, I'd love to know. >Steve claims in the comments he used the original V7 binary >and a shell script to determine the BCD table to use in his version. >He also states that the output of his version of bcd matched >the original V7 version exactly. Now I'm really curious if the original >V7 version did indeed have the table wrong. ;-) It was Jim Rees (Jim.Rees@umich.edu) who queried me about the bcd bug. He tells me he found his copy of the V7 source, verified that it had the same bug, and has posted a fix to the net! (I have yet to see his fix arrive here. I'm a uucp only site...) Talk about what happens when a piece of code is not treated seriously since it is "only" a "whimsy" (game) program.... -- Dyane Bruce db@diana.ocunix.on.ca 29 Vanson Ave. Nepean On, K2E 6A9 Am I the only one who has trouble 613-225-9920 thinking up witty sayings for here?