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- From: jepstei@afterlife.ncsc.mil (John Epstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: No patchlevel 3.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.221733.1710@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 22:17:33 GMT
- References: <1992Sep7.215429.7866@umr.edu>
- Organization: The Great Beyond
- Lines: 28
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- In article <1992Sep7.215429.7866@umr.edu> dminer@mcs213e.cs.umr.edu (Dan Miner) writes:
- >
- > I've watched long enough and feel 97 is stable. :) (I'm
- >still paranoid from the 0.12 days. :) I got the linux 0.97
- >and patches 1, 2, and 4. I read about pl3 and decided to
- >wait a little (~100K? for that one). Now, I got pl4 and ready for
- >an all night compile (it takes over 5 hrs on my machine.. :( )
- >I remembered something about a 0.97.2 release. I got it and
- >downloaded and applied pl4. If failed only on the main Makefile.
- >Simply statement (Version numbers). I noticed the patch was
- >made around 0.97.3... Now I don't want a bomb after 5 hrs of compiling.
- >It there a pl3 or can I continue with 0.97.2 and pl4?
- >
- >Thanks,
- >Dan
- >Hackers' Guide Coordinator/(making a better wish list :)
- >--
- > Dan Miner
- > email: dminer@cs.umr.edu
- >Computer Science
- >University of Missouri-Rolla "It all begins with a glimmer."
-
- Patch 3 IS at sunsite --- or at least was there on Sunday when I installed
- it over mcc 0.97p2
-
- BTW: patchlevel 3 restored the speed I lost with pl2 on 386DX 25 MHz with slooow
- 2 wait state memories. I haven't done any scientific testing but can
- play xmahjongg without waiting again (was slooow with pl2).
-