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Re: HPUX Aserver revisited.


From: lawrence () ENGCAD1 LBL GOV (Chuck Lawrence)
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 14:04:55 PST


"
" It is funny that HP fixed their earlier problem in the Oct98 version of
" Aserver in the Jun99 version, but they introduced the same problem in a
" different way.  Aserver -f is used to force the Aserver to replace the

I've been working with hp-ux for over 10 years.  they've got an
unfortunate tendency to re-introduce bugs that have been fixed in earlier
versions.  they also have a habit of *not* including patches in subsequent
releases.

example:  "a" is broken.  hp issues a patch for "a".  sysadmins install
it.  the next os rev comes out.  "a" is still broken (the patch may still
work for the new os, but geez).


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