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- VLT/VLTjr 5.867 - VLT/VLTjr 5.877 patches
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- Bugs in version 5.867
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- When VLT and VLTjr version 5.867 came out, they unfortunately contained a
- few bugs:
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- - Under certain circumstances, VLT would get confused about whether it
- was running with CTS/RTS flow control enabled or not. It could then
- report "missing DSR" errors, it could cause the serial device to be
- closed briefly after file transfers, or it might not be able to perform
- file transfers at all. These things would be mostly noticable when
- running with 3-wire cables, when not using CTS/RTS flow control, and
- when using modem setups that drop carrier when DTR is lost briefly,
- or serial devices that close connections upon CloseDevice.
-
- - Opening the serial device in SHARED mode was broken in 5.867.
-
- - There was a small window of opportunity that serial settings would not
- be reset properly after an XPR protocol transfer at speeds higher than
- 57.6 kbps.
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- - On the Workbench, the positioning of screen function gadgets was slightly
- messed up.
-
- - After changing the screen font while the screen was locked because another
- window was opened on it, funky behavior could occur.
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- These problems should all be fixed with these patches.
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- Patch procedure
- ---------------
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- 1. Unpack the archive (if you haven't done so yet) to a place of your
- choosing.
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- 2. CD to that directory, and copy your copy of the VLT or VLTjr executable
- (just the executable) to the same directory.
-
- 3. If you have VLT, issue the command:
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- spatch -oVLTnew -pVLT.pch VLT
- delete VLT
- rename VLTnew VLT
-
- If you have VLTjr, issue the commands:
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- spatch -oVLTjrnew -pVLTjr.pch VLTjr
- delete VLTjr
- rename VLTjrnew VLTjr
-
- (The "spatch" utility is provided courtesy of the SAS Institute (VLT is
- compiled using SAS/C 6.51). It is freely distributable.)
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- 4. Now copy the new VLT or VLTjr executable back to the place where you
- had them before.
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- 5. Run the new copy of VLT, and check in the "About" requester that the
- version is now 5.877.
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- Happy patching, and sorry about the bugs!
-
- Willy Langeveld, 10 May 1994
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