| From: | John S. Burger |
| Date: | 9 Jan 2000 at 01:06:09 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: MCPRamLibpatch (was: 2 things) |
From: "John S. Burger" <jsburger@xmission.com>
On or about 07-Jan-00 04:33:08 Stephan Rupprecht typed the following words
about "[amigaOS3_5] Re: MCPRamLibpatch (was: 2 things)". My reply is thus...
Hi Stephan,
SR> Hello John,
SR> On 07-Jan-00, you wrote:
>> ...
>>> The ramlibpatch is required for some libraries (esp. MUI) which
>>> consume more stackspace than ramlib has.
>>
>> OK, but as I said, I ran OS 3.5 for quite a while without it with no
>> problems. Never ran it with 3.1 and I have had 3.1 since it first came
>> out. So, is this a 3.5 issue and if so then why was ramlib not fixed or
>> something in the docs saying MCPRamLibPatch is required or include it in
>> 3.5 or.......
SR> AFAIR the os3.5 modules don't consume that much stackspace that a
SR> patch like MCPRamLibPatch is required. Only third-party products like
SR> MUI may crash without the patch. This is a bug or misbehaviour of the
SR> third-party product because it breaks the programming guidelines for
SR> libraries ...
OK, I understand.
>>> ...
>>> v1.0 of MCPRamLibPatch has a bug which can cause random crashes. v1.1
>>> works fine, it should be placed at the top of S-S.
>>
>> I have V1.1. I did have it as the second command in S-S after SetPatch.
>> Are you saying it should be the first command? I will try that but, I
>> don't see the point if I am not having a problem.
SR> Then you don't need the patch ;) At least I need it to have a stable
SR> system ...
I guess I don't.
John
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