From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] inferno acme From: C H Forsyth MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-ehbhpavzwtzhoyfsfybcxzunuc" Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 18:29:38 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: dcd19dd6-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-ehbhpavzwtzhoyfsfybcxzunuc Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit no he's just unlucky in various ways and we're quite busy (especially when one or more of us are on summer holiday). one piece of bad luck is that he sent me a message earlier today that prompted me to take another look at some problems he'd had, several of which i couldn't reproduce, and indeed i was well into looking at it when his complaint arrived on this list... anyhow, i couldn't reproduce several of the more peculiar problems (`/bin/limbo' phase error -- directory entry not allocated' looked like remove whilst in use which nearly puts this note on topic) but i have mended those that i did reproduce, found a few more, and put new update packs for the 15 july 2002 update set on our site. to bring it a little more on topic, those packs allow a Plan 9 4th edition user to update a Plan 9 (only) 3e inferno installation to work under 4th edition. the old emu binary nearly worked as is, but 3e directory reading isn't emulated as russ has just noted. to answer another question: the Plan 9 4e CD we issue has got an Inferno distribution that will also work under 4e. --upas-ehbhpavzwtzhoyfsfybcxzunuc Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@vitanuova.com id 1029340686:10:28288:47; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:58:06 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1028739; 14 Aug 2002 15:57 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.30.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 83AE019A6E; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:57:07 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from athena.softcardsystems.com (mail.softcardsystems.com [12.34.136.114]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 7433D19A71 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:56:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from athena (athena [12.34.136.114]) by athena.softcardsystems.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g7EEwW227595 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:58:32 -0400 From: Sam X-Sender: To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] inferno acme In-Reply-To: <001601c243aa$98ade630$4bf0b487@dnrc.belllabs.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:58:32 -0400 (EDT) > the activity in inferno mailing list is too low and most questions go > unanswered, so i thought atleast someone will respond here. > Now that's just snide and incorrect. I've never had problems getting my questions answered. Of course, it could be your tone ... Cheers, Sam --upas-ehbhpavzwtzhoyfsfybcxzunuc--