Richard Gambrell ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> According to Guy Smith:
> >
> [snipped wonderful discussion of ALLBASE migration problem, etc.]
>
> --
> Well, I guess HP forgot to have the ALLBASE team "mpeize" the code.
> With luck, they will get the idea that even Unix administrators
> would appreciate improvements in diagnostic messages.
 
Funny you should mention that.  Our HP-UX DBA came by yesterday to relate
a similar story (they had a recovery, with a missing file, and
had to dummy-up a file to replace the missing element).  His comments
we a bit more vivid than mine.
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