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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EB702F93C for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2024 02:12:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0380F42797; Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:12:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wm1-x32b.google.com (mail-wm1-x32b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::32b]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A3394275D for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:12:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wm1-x32b.google.com with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-4361815b96cso15422965e9.1 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:12:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1734138728; x=1734743528; darn=tuhs.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=ETHirJScyNgKJFljW0SKhxlJX5G2Qp9xpGz4K/U1gTk=; b=Dp09qoO8kRfrS5CljNJtCvC/jMY5igkagUpR0m/XvnOxiWguZJmHUHyQFqx6Kelogy ku9slZ0VylscTEq3B3hpc3NkdlRKWske9lUJiCd+RLNP13e0EwPu6YOuuzr4yuESICz7 N2KIRcgMCSV5TATEW83FJxEZsWnBiWzpp7SoZnQdWM4m+g5Xp1hNZG+fl0JYugz4UZbn JJR/6XhTn2ZGbweyE7PFyNT5ntlT7tpRTicPdIJ9L0Oa3ACt3vAqhD2aIfwlj2oXzzjx buqBrKVO6sziatArWQZ9nI4GhzJszkgAYm67jcbpw7muwf2t0JsYHFVj6b+oYw2l7mb7 uqRw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1734138728; x=1734743528; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=ETHirJScyNgKJFljW0SKhxlJX5G2Qp9xpGz4K/U1gTk=; b=Vwn34qD2LoTRkBM7EDGzPi0k06c8jsPEVKl7a01Yh58J7a6Y7x2rxjLBMNPRtmCqDT gJnFsy+b9yWB+q9TWSLPlSMntuhtCHgLKqtf0plKhUg8doMiOA1oHqMi+Yz0dUz5EX+I LuGH7aqSA/dSONgaUZvgQf0cpxrCU7Wb7IajwgFl3FkxU9ZY2hK2kxTjjj63sJAutMC6 HxXnKRU59ISnhlu6HTg9hy0CQ7GT8YXiuCj4TOWU1uQsdpDJ5PpVdZw1mglpmffJgPyJ 9kuALo52lEGLJbei20ZSVcddWiHHUWSaFfB8Yg99bh75x8qgYnvh14FGxGbQp1aX4QgY HmzA== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCVRvd+mdObxjjuXjD7JRke/ToL+3INVxmSk91200e04cbdxYnhfXFHeeGy/ftMm/eLOQGXr@tuhs.org X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yze30y8xvLHLxaUbRup0UasR1XGyP1mY7rfgJMCwzpbmYREfeIH eIx8VuxnpZGAr20ZTesY4UdsbccNp+JWJuY8PM3wAbGSveYthdeMzYNOq/Au4mFdk411W+FhE+U QRCGSr/FfDf0+M1RrYknefoqbNM3Y X-Gm-Gg: ASbGnctt6k+jtMD3FVoSYPr9h2fxP9EAv37RJ2qq5NuEblQy7/fp8n7kphPsvVSRRcr Py51bFS4B9GyMhOa2bb1HPZ/tWn7TyCuOVgy4 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEyVndF/5a1cJgdfyMPfutTCTyBCz60MDzwmaZ8hnukv7yrNjYhjS34Os9PI6UEusE/aTPP7U3Sahf5PbJ2Wfk= X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:3b0f:b0:431:6083:cd38 with SMTP id 5b1f17b1804b1-4362aa153camr39173835e9.6.1734138728322; Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:12:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Marc Rochkind Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:11:57 -0700 Message-ID: To: Dan Cross Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000e49cdb062930a2eb" Message-ID-Hash: MXBVOGHJYBXAQQRXCG24LSJDPJGJEWYV X-Message-ID-Hash: MXBVOGHJYBXAQQRXCG24LSJDPJGJEWYV X-MailFrom: mrochkind@gmail.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: 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: --000000000000e49cdb062930a2eb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 2:10=E2=80=AFPM 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. > > - Dan C. > This is completely ridiculous. No program I wrote ever had one of those bug things. Marc --000000000000e49cdb062930a2eb Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Fri, Dec 13,= 2024 at 2:10=E2=80=AFPM Dan Cross <= crossd@gmail.com> 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.

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 - Dan C.

This is completely rid= iculous. No program I wrote ever had one of those bug things.
Marc
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