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Subject: Re: ftpd and setproctitle()
From: Brooks Davis (brooksone-eyed-alien.net)
Date: Thu Jul 06 2000 - 14:44:01 CDT

On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 01:28:33PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> Thank you! I've checked 3.1, and it's OK too. Theo just wrote
> to say that he thinks the bug originated in BSD 4.4-Lite. (And,
> I guess, has been around since that time due to the wonderful
> error-encouraging nature of the C language -- Sigh.)
>
> I'm hoping that the bug was nailed prior to 2.2.8, which a number
> of sites with an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" policy are still
> running.
>
> Anyone have a 2.2.8 CD handy? Mine's long gone.

Who needs a CD? CVS is your friend. The bug is fixed in 2.2.0. It was
fixed somewhere between 2.2.0 and 2.1.0.

-- Brooks 

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