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- From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
- Subject: Re: bogus maps ?
- Message-ID: <3984@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 09:06:22 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.011459.10550@blilly.UUCP> <3969@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> <1992Nov10.232956.18631@blilly.UUCP>
- Organization: Elegant Communications Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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- In article <1992Nov10.232956.18631@blilly.UUCP> lilb@sony.compuserve.com writes:
- >In article <3969@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) wrote:
- >>In article <1992Nov9.011459.10550@blilly.UUCP> lilb@sony.compuserve.com writes:
- >>>UUCP map for u.bel.1.new
- >>>UUCP map for u.bel.0.new
-
- >>Have you noticed u.aus.csiro.? yet?
-
- >No, I haven't. But I've noticed u.dmk.* and u.che.10, which
- >aren't of any use.
-
- >I understand that these were originally mistakes, and that
- >subsequent empty versions were sent to correct the original
- >mistakes, but for how long will this continue?
-
- I was told several iterations (months) to ensure that the mistaken
- file gets clobbered even for those sites that miss a couple
- of rounds.
-
- >Also, it would be nice if the map names in actual use
- >corresponded to what the README file says they should be (or vice
- >versa). Some of us *do* depend on some reliable format to map
- >files for automatic unpacking (at least until a better method of
- >distributing map updates is put into place).
-
- What do you mean by reliable format? unpackmaps 4 has the ability
- to delete arbitrary maps from the input (to subset your maps),
- and I've not been having much trouble keeping up. An entry
- every month or two.
-
- The README is obviously very far out of date. No d.* files anymore.
- (except for d.AProject and d.Top)
- --
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