From: Mark-Jason Dominus <mjd@saul.cis.upenn.edu>
To: rc@archone.tamu.edu
Cc: mjd@saul.cis.upenn.edu
Subject: Re: an alternative: hooks for addons
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1991 16:01:42 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9108012101.AA05197@saul.cis.upenn.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Aug 91 15:21:03 CDT." <9108012021.AA00679@margay.cs.wisc.edu>
``Hi, MJD. Here's that account expire script you asked for. It runs
under rc version 1.2 beta.''
(some time later)
``Hey, it didn't work. Are you running any funny builtins?''
``Oh, yeah, our system's version of rc is compiled with Fred Flooney's
`test' builtin and Miles Jacobi's `seq' builtin.''
``I don't know about `seq'; where'd you get it?''
``I think I ftp'ed it from tut.cis.ohio-state.edu last month.''
(some time later)
``It isn't there any more.''
``I'll send you the source code.''
``Geez, I have to recompile rc on all our machines.''
(some time later)
``Your `test' builtin is incompatible with Joe Blow's `test' builtin,
which has slightly different semantics and which is installed on our
machines `cod' and `bass' so that Professor Dingle can run the `bite-me'
script which uses it and is essential to his research.''
``I guess you'll just have to rewrite the account expire script so it
doesn't use those builtins.''
``Gee, thanks a lot.''
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1991-08-01 21:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1991-08-01 20:21 DaviD W. Sanderson
1991-08-01 21:01 ` Mark-Jason Dominus [this message]
1991-08-01 21:36 DaviD W. Sanderson
1991-08-02 8:38 ` Boyd Roberts
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