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- Short: Fixes a serious bug in rexxserdev.library
- Type: util/rexx
- Uploader: thor@math.tu-berlin.de
- Author: thor@math.tu-berlin.de
- Version: 5.3
-
- This tiny patch fixes a serious bug in the rexxserdev ARexx function
- library which may cause breakdowns of the memory system. Due to a bug
- in the library, only a word sized parameter is passed into FreeMem,
- possibly causing a mess. The library version is upgraded from 5.2 to 5.3
- and the bug is patched over.
-
- How to apply the patch:
-
- - Open a shell
- - Unpack the archive to RAM:
- - Enter the following command:
- CD RAM:
- - then, enter the following command to update the library:
- spatch -oram:rexxserdev.library -prexxserdev.pch LIBS:rexxserdev.library
- - then, copy the library back to LIBS:
- copy ram:rexxserdev.library to LIBS:
-
- That's all.
-
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- November 1998
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