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- From: bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)
- Subject: Re: PNP DEMO Fixed (Re: PnP Demo)
- Message-ID: <bazyar.714869927@teal>
- Keywords: does it work?
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- References: <jpenne.714799645@ee.ualberta.ca> <bazyar.714806164@teal> <blaby.714817938@sfu.ca>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 22:58:47 GMT
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- blaby@fraser.sfu.ca (John Edward Blaby) writes:
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- >bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
-
- >> Evidently it worked on all of our machines, and on all our tester's
- >>machines, but nobody else's :-(
-
- >Hmm...Well, it seemed to work fine on my machine..I grabbed it this
- >morning and gave it a quick try. Now...should I apply this patch:)?
-
- >John
-
- Actually, yes- EVERYONE should apply the patch, because it's the only
- way to guarantee that someone you give the demo to will be able to run
- it. The bug is this: The stack pointer is effectively randomized early
- in the program, overwriting lots of memory that doesn't belong to
- Pick'n'Pile. Apply the patch. :-)
-
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