Shirley MacLaughlin writes:
>
> What did you have to do to fix the broken pieces?
> I'm halfway through the update, right about now.

There's no fix yet for MPEJXV9B.  If you install MPEJXV9B onto your system,
recursive directory purges (i.e. rm -R) fail and leave non-zero user counts
on your POSIX directories than can only be cleared with a system reboot.

A workaround that avoids the problem is to use the MPE :PURGEDIR ;TREE command.

So if you do much work with POSIX or HFS directories, do not install MPEJXV9B.

- Mark

PS: I spoke with Steve Dirickson last week (?) regarding his HPDATEDIFF
problems, and it was still broken without a solution yet.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Mark Bixby
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 1998 8:10 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: PP5 - Should I or shouldn't I?
>
>
> Joe Geiser writes:
> >
> > I have here, on my desk, my MPE/iX PowerPatch 5 Tape, ready for install.
> >
> > I've seen some horror stories here, and heard them elsewhere.  I've also
> > heard good things.
> >
> > So the question is - for anyone who wants to answer - should I, or
> shouldn't
> > I, update the 918DX to PP5?
>
> If you install PP5, skip MPEJXV9B or else your POSIX directory purges will
> be
> seriously broken.  I fell victim to MPEJXV9B long before PP5 was released.
>
> I haven't installed any portion of PP5 yet, due to the presence of MPEJXV9B,
> as well as Steve Dirickson's previously mentioned HPDATEDIFF problems.
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