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From: ac388@lafn.org (Charles Lease)
Subject: Re: Kermit patch level indication?
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References: <3grnfb$o5v@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> <1995Jan27.211502.19910@lafn.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 18:36:14 GMT
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In a previous article, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) says:
>In article <1995Jan27.211502.19910@lafn.org>,
>Charles Lease <ac388@lafn.org> wrote:
>>
>>After obtaining the:
>> > ; For MS Kermit/IBM-PC Version 3.14, Patches 1-3, 22 Jan 1995
>>msr314.pch file, and replacing the patch file distributed with the
>>msvibm.zip MSKermit v3.14 distribution, I notice that the start-up
>>message generated when MSKermit is initialized:
>> > Installing patches...
>> > MS-DOS Kermit: 3.14 18 Jan 1995 patch level 0
>>
>The following has been added to our FAQ, since it seems to keep
>coming up:
>
>Since the release of MS-DOS Kermit 3.14, there have been persistent reports
>that patches don't seem to "stick". That is, after giving a PATCH command,
>the patch level is still reported as 0. This can happen if the patch file is
>transferred to the PC from a UNIX system in binary mode, so the lines end
>with LF rather than CRLF -- DOS does not recognize the line boundaries and
>therefore Kermit does not see valid patches. Cure: make sure each line ends
>with CRLF. Fix it in an editor, or re-transfer the file in text mode.
>
>Also, remember there is no longer a need to rename the patch file to
>MSKERMIT.PCH. Since there are now three different Kermit executables, there
>must be three corresponding patch files. For version 3.14, these are:
>
> MSR314.PCH -- For full-featured KERMIT.EXE
> MSRM314.PCH -- For "medium-size" KERMITE.EXE
> MSRL314.PCH -- For "Kermit Lite" KERLITE.EXE
>
>Notice that each patch file includes the version number as part of its
>name. This allows you to run different versions of Kermit without confusion
>about patching.
>
>- Frank
>
Thanks to you and Armand (in later posting concerning patch indication)
for your help with "Patch" installation. You were correct in
indicating that patch file was in "UNIX" format rather than "DOS".
I used a unix2dos utility to convert the <CR> to <CR><LF> and now
the patch file installs correctly, leaving me at:
Installing patches...
MS-DOS Kermit: 3.14 18 Jan 1995 patch level 3
MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 Initialization File...
I transferred the patch files in "binary" mode originally, since
I was concerned that it might need to be that way to perform the
patch process. I guessed wrong.
To help reduce this sort of problem in the future, I wonder if it
might be a good idea to post a .zip archive of patches only, in
addition to the unix format text files. The patches in the archive
could be in the proper DOS format, as they are in the original
distribution archive. I think if I had the choice to get one archive
or the individual files, I would probably go for the archive. Are
the .pch files used on any system other than DOS? C-Kermit is compiled,
so patches wouldn't seem to be needed there.
A FAQ file was mentioned. Is that a part of the "printed" documentation,
or is it available in on-line form? I haven't really seen a FAQ file for
Kermit, but I haven't really be searching for it either. Guess I need to
look for one.
Again thanks for the help. Kermit has always been a valuable resource to
me, even from the earliest v2.26 (DOS) that I used.
--
cdl [ac388@lafn.org] ...