Kermit vs. HDB UUCP

[Larry Jones]

In article <27 at calcite.UUCP>, vjs at calcite.UUCP (Vernon Schryver) writes:
> Does someone have a fixed version of kermit for Microport version 3.0e?
> One that thinks tty lock files belong in /usr/spool/locks instead
> of the pre-HDB-UUCP /usr/spool/uucp?  I guess I could get the source
> and fix (i.e. recompile) it myself, but...

If you have the source, the fix is ridiculously easy -- all you
have to do is compile it correctly.  The supplied make file takes
the system you're compiling for as a parameter (e.g. make sys3,
make bsd, make xenix, etc.).  Instead of making sys5, just make
att3bx instead -- according to the documentation the only
difference between att3bx and sys5 is where the lock files go!

(I've notified Microport and suggested they post the correct
version to the BBS, and I will suggest to the powers that be at
Columbia that they might want to change the #define and make
parameters to be a little more obvious as well.)

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