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- From: waltje@cs.vu.nl (Kempen van Fred)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
- Subject: Re: newgpkt.c V1.6 fix for off-by-one error
- Message-ID: <15939@star.cs.vu.nl>
- Date: 30 Aug 92 22:11:43 GMT
- References: <3818@wzv.win.tue.nl>
- Sender: news@cs.vu.nl
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- wietse@wzv.win.tue.nl (Wietse Venema) writes:
-
- >I found an off-by-one error in the gwrmsg() routine, that caused the g
- >protocol driver to send an extraneous packet in case of a message that
- >"exactly fits". A "<" operator was used instead of a "<=" operator.
-
- Aaaiii. This one must have been around for quite awhile... :-(
- I checked my current UUCP (UUCP UWALT 4.0), and it still has this
- bug. Since Will (Rose) used my UUCP as a base for his UUCP 1.X,
- it probably exists in his versions, too... :-(
-
- Thanks for the fix, I'll fix the damn "g" driver... version 1.7 :-)
-
- Fred.
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