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- From: gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us (Gary S. Trujillo)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
- Subject: pcomm (was Re: 3.5 vs 3.51x)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.153100.14084@gnosys.svle.ma.us>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 15:31:00 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.144302.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>
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- In <1992Nov12.144302.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> jwstok01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
- writes:
-
- > ...does anyone know the latest version of pcomm? The version on osu is
- > 1.2.10.
- > thanks in advance
- > -John
-
- Well, here's a recent exchange with the author of pcomm that explains
- the situation:
-
- From: uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!fthood!egray (Emmet Gray)
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 07:51:47 CST
- Message-Id: <9211101351.AA05860@fthood>
- Subject: Re: Patch #2 to Pcomm v2.0
- Apparently-To: gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us
-
- I remember you... you alway found nasty bugs in my code!
-
- > I hadn't been aware there was a v2.0 of pcomm until recently. I went
- > looking for the latest version of the source code using archie, and
- > came up with a list that makes it look as if version 1.2 is the latest
- > that anyone has archived. (See below.) Was the code posted to comp.
- > sources.unix?
-
- Ha!, I wish. I've just about given up on comp.sources.unix. I
- emailed the code in June.
-
- > I couldn't find it. I tried to connect via ftp to the
- > system that you once announced had the latest version of the source
- > code, but it wouldn't accept an anonymous login. :-(
-
- Yep, it's down. I hope to have another machine set up as
- the FTP server in a few days. It will be max.cecer.army.mil
-
- > Can you tell me how I can get the latest version of pcomm and a full
- > set of patches?
-
- Out of desparation, I put the files in a /tmp/pcomm directory
- on ftp.uu.net. As you probably know, things don't stay there
- very long (so I have to keep putting them back on a regular
- basis).
-
- Emmet P. Gray US Army, HQ III Corps & Fort Hood
- ...!uunet!uiucuxc!fthood!egray Attn: AFZF-DE-ENV
- fthood!egray@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu Directorate of Engineering & Housing
- Environmental Management Office
- Fort Hood, TX 76544-5057
- --
- Gary S. Trujillo gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us
- Somerville, Massachusetts {wjh12,bu.edu,spdcc,ima,cdp}!gnosys!gst
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