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- The first patch to Macintosh Common Lisp 2.0 is now available. There
- are two ways to get it: by sending mail to our archive server, or by
- anonymous FTP. Instructions for decoding the patch (it's in BinHex
- format) and installing it are in the documentation file accompanying
- the patch.
-
- This is version 1.1 of patch 1 (you can check the version number in
- mcl2.0p1.fasl's "Get Info" box). If you have an old (v 1.0) copy of
- this patch, please discard it and install the new one.
-
- This patch contains minor bug fixes we've accumulated over the
- several months since MCL 2.0 was frozen for release. Here is a
- description of the most serious bug fixed by the patch:
-
- EQUAL & EQUALP hash tables sometimes neglect to notice that they
- need to be rehashed. This can result in the insertion of a
- duplicate key which causes the next rehash to enter an infinite loop.
-
- This patch is around 95K long, but will increase the size of your
- MCL image by much less than that, since many of the functions
- redefined in the patch are swappable.
-
-
- To Download from the archive server:
-
- The archive server is available to anyone who can send mail to an
- Internet address, including those of you who use a service (like
- CompuServe or AppleLink) that has a gateway to the Internet. If you
- have not already done so, you should get the Help file on this
- service by sending this message (this should be the body of the
- message, not the Subject line):
-
- Help
-
- to this address:
-
- Archive-server@cambridge.apple.com
-
- Please see the MCL 2.0 Release Notes for more information on
- this service. Here are the contents of a message that just
- downloaded the patch and documentation files to my Internet mailbox:
-
- path mark@cambridge.apple.com
- size 300000
- send mcl2/patches/mcl2.0p1-notes.txt
- send mcl2/patches/mcl2.0p1.fasl.hqx
-
- Please remember to replace my address (in the "path" command) with
- yours!
-
- If your mail system cannot receive long messages, be sure to
- update the "size" line in the above message (see the archive server
- help document for more on this command).
-
-
- To download by anonymous FTP:
-
- You can anonymously ftp the patch and its documentation from
- cambridge.apple.com. Logon to this host as anonymous, then
- type your user name for a password. Here are the files you want:
-
- /pub/mcl2/patches/mcl2.0p1-notes.txt
- /pub/mcl2/patches/mcl2.0p1.fasl.hqx
-
-
- Thanks for using our Lisp. Please let us know if you have any problems
- downloading or installing the patch.
-
-
- Mark Preece
- Apple ATG
- mark@cambridge.apple.com
- AppleLink: PREECE
-