From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00C4B30C1B for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2024 02:39:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2B1428CD; Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:39:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2E08428CD for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:39:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 932EA35EA3F; Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:39:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:39:43 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: Dan Cross Message-ID: <20241214013943.GJ11590@mcvoy.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Message-ID-Hash: SADKQ3MQXDNGHPNBDLZSHQAMRX7FNKZ3 X-Message-ID-Hash: SADKQ3MQXDNGHPNBDLZSHQAMRX7FNKZ3 X-MailFrom: lm@mcvoy.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: Marc Rochkind , Mark Seiden , The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: SCCS roach motel List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 08:27:54PM -0500, Dan Cross wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 8:12???PM Marc Rochkind wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 2:10???PM Dan Cross wrote: > >> I had heard a story once, that based on what you wrote today, I now > >> think is apocryphal and never actually happened. > >> > >> The story was that there was a bug in early SCCS where a source file > >> had to be checked in twice before it could be (successfully) checked > >> out. The bug was such that if one only checked it in once and tried to > >> check it out, it would truncate the file. "Programmers using it just > >> learned to check in twice." > >> > >> I never used SCCS extensively, and certainly never observed that > >> behavior, so chucked it up to the bug having been long fixed. As I > >> mentioned above, I doubt it was ever there to begin with. A fun story, > >> though. > > > > This is completely ridiculous. No program I wrote ever had one of those bug things. > > Oh dear, I do hope no offense was taken. As I said, I firmly believe > the story was apocryphal. > > The identity of the person from whom I heard it is probably known to > at least some of the USENIX old school crew; I rather thought at the > time they were under the impression that SCCS was the result of a > large team, or perhaps some kind of fork. > > Anyway, I don't mean to belabor the point. Please accept my apologies > if the story rubbed you the wrong way. I'm 90% sure Marc was joking, I got it.