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- From: rws@expo.lcs.mit.edu (Bob Scheifler)
- Newsgroups: fj.mail-lists.x-window
- Subject: X11R5 public fixes #18 and #19 now available on export
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.012344.1300@sm.sony.co.jp>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 01:23:44 GMT
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-
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 15:25:21 -0500
- Message-Id: <9211162025.AA24920@expo.lcs.mit.edu>
-
- Patches for a variety of problems in R5 are now available via anonymous ftp
- on export.lcs.mit.edu, and the xstuff mail archive server on expo.lcs.mit.edu.
-
- Fixes are available via anonymous ftp to export.lcs.mit.edu (18.24.0.12),
- in the directory /pub/R5/fixes/. The files for the new fixes are "fix-18",
- "fix-19", and "PEXlib.tar.Z". PEXlib.tar.Z is part of fix #19. Instructions
- for applying the fixes are included in the files. Fixes usually propagate
- to other distribution sites as well, so it may pay to check at a nearer
- site first.
-
- WARNING:
- Fix #18 was previously released as an optional patch, in support of the
- X Test Suite, and was labeled "Release 5 XTEST Public Patch" (the file on
- expo was "/pub/XTEST/R5fix-xtest-1"). If you have already applied that patch,
- do not try to apply fix-18! Proceed instead to apply fix-19.
-
- For those without ftp access, individual fixes can be obtained by mail by
- sending a message to xstuff@expo.lcs.mit.edu (18.24.0.11). In the usual
- case, the message should have a subject line and no body, or a single-line
- body and no subject. For example, make the line:
- send fixes 18
- to get fix #18, and
- send fixes 19
- to get fix #19. To obtain PEXlib.tar.Z, you need to request the individual
- parts "PEXlib.uu.1", "PEXlib.uu.2", "PEXlib.uu.3", and "PEXlib.uu.4", then
- concatenate them together to create a file "PEXlib.uu" and then do
- uudecode PEXlib.uu
- to produce "PEXlib.tar.Z".
-
- To get a summary of all fixes, make the line:
- index fixes
- If you need help, make the line:
- help
- Some mailers produce mail headers that are unusable for extracting return
- addresses. If you use such a mailer, you won't get any response. If you
- happen to know an explicit path, you can include a line like
- path foo%bar.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu
- or
- path zot!gzork!me@uunet.uu.net
- in the body of your message, and the daemon will use it.
-
-
- Brief notes on what patch 18 provides:
-
- xtest: add implementation of XTEST extension
-
- Brief notes on what patch 19 provides:
-
- PEXlib: add implementation of PEXlib, a new X Consortium standard
- Xlib: improve extension error reporting
-