From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: imp@bsdimp.com (Warner Losh) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 14:59:23 -0700 Subject: [TUHS] 101 fixes for unix V6? In-Reply-To: <56522CB7.5030309@gmail.com> References: <20151122193220.GA23614@www.oztivo.net> <56522CB7.5030309@gmail.com> Message-ID: There's also USENET groups that had bug fixes for different versions of Unix posted to them. comp.bugs.misc leaps to mind. I recall at least some v7 bug fixes were posted there. Google's interface is kinda lame, so I couldn't search it very well for v6 bugs, but there were maybe a dozen or so v7 patches dating from the late 1980's. While not as convenient as a fix tape, there may be something there of interest. Warner On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Will Senn wrote: > > > On 11/22/15 1:32 PM, Warren Toomey wrote: > > Hi all, I just receivd this e-mail from Will Senn who has just joined > the TUHS mailing list: > > ----- Forwarded message from Will Senn ----- > Hi, > I am conducting research on older UNIX operating systems and came > across a letter from Richard Wolf to Ian Johnstone, dated Feb 5, 1979. > On p. 29 of the AUUGN, Volume 1 number 3, Mr. Wolf refers to a set of > 101 fixes for research version 6. In my research, I am currently using > v6 and wondered if you knew where I might find the fixes or if the > bits are known to exist? > > Kind Regards, > Will > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > Will, there was a "50 bugs" tape for 6th Edition Unix that was "released" > to Unix owners in a very interesting distribution method: seehttp://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20060616172103795 > > You can find it in the Unix Archive. Look in Applications/Spencer_Tapes/unsw3.tar.gz. It is the file usr/sys/v6unix/unix_changes. > > Does anybody know of something which could be described as "101 fixes for > research version 6"? The phototypesetter version of Unix was V7. > > Cheers all and welcome to the list Will. > > Warren > _______________________________________________ > > > Warren, > > In looking at the Spencer tape, I can see how this might be considered the > 101 fixes (Wolff's comment that he had only "heard about" the changes, > might indicate a quantity mismatch). The 52 fixes in > usr/sys/v6unix/unix_changes represent "the differences between level 6 unix > and bell unix". On top of those changes, there are 31 additional fixes > called "CORRECTIONS to level 6 code" and a whopping 57 "programs written > specifically for or heavily modified for, AUSAM" which I suppose are what > are referred to as "ENHANCEMENTS to level 6 UNIX". The tape contains "The > Second Australian Sixth Edition" and has #ifdef's to determine if the > system is an AUSAM system. The 52 v6 fixes are straightforward to see > because the tape has the original source in one directory tree and the > changes in another. Whereas the other enhancements and fixes are a bit more > challenging because they are related to AUSAM's mods. > > Thanks for the warm welcome, the direction, and for posting my question. > > One more question, how did you zero in on > Applications/Spencer_Tapes/unsw3.tar.gz as containing the fixes, the notes > in the archive, from Spencer, are pretty bare: > > unsw3.tar is yet another anthology, this one Australian. I can't find a > README file, but some quick experimental grepping doesn't find any dates > later than 1977, so this one may be really early. > > Regards, > > Will > > > > _______________________________________________ > TUHS mailing list > TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: