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From: jconklin@netcom.com (J.T. Conklin)
Subject: Re: Source for sum ?
Message-ID: <jconklinCtAoG9.FIs@netcom.com>
Organization: Winning Strategies, Inc.
References: <dwarner.126.2E2DAAC9@milo.ub.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 14:33:45 GMT
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In article <dwarner.126.2E2DAAC9@milo.ub.com>,
Dave Warner <dwarner@milo.ub.com> wrote:
>Trying to build listserv on FreeBSD 1.1.  Says I need sum.  Can't find
>it anywhere in the srcdist.  Anyone?

Sum has been replaced by the POSIX.2 utility cksum.  Use an -o1 argument
to get the historic "BSD" sum behavior, or a -o2 argument to get the 
historic "SysV" behavior.

	--jtc