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- From: DEREK@U.WASHINGTON.EDU
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.internals
- Subject: Re: re: PATCH on ALPHA ?
- Message-ID: <FFC8A7ABFEDFA00D66@MAX.U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 11:00 PDT
- Organization: Macro32<==>Vmsnet.Internals Gateway
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- Wolfgang J. Moeller asked:
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- >Is there no-one who shares my view as an end-user that the ability to
- >PATCH a distributed program has some value?
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- Oh, no. I share the view. I, too, have patched VMS code to fix problems --
- especially when a fix was not forthcoming from DEC, or when the patch
- would fix a security problem. (Lesse, PHONE, MAIL, and DCL come to mind.)
-
- >Sure, patching data, or NOPping instructions does not absolutely
- >require a tool like MACRO32-level PATCH, but I'd rather not miss
- >*some* of its features (in particular the ability to extend
- >a program section).
-
- I agree.
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- -Derek S. Haining
- University Computing Services
- University of Washington
- Seattle, Washington 98195
- (206) 543-5579
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- DEREK@MAX.BITNET
- DEREK@MAX.U.WASHINGTON.EDU
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