From: jepstei@afterlife.ncsc.mil (John Epstein) Subject: Re: No patchlevel 3. Date: 7 Sep 1992 22:17:33 GMT
In article <1992Sep7.215429.7866@umr.edu> dminer@mcs213e.cs.umr.edu (Dan Miner) writes:
>
> I've watched long enough and feel 97 is stable. :) (I'm
>still paranoid from the 0.12 days. :) I got the linux 0.97
>and patches 1, 2, and 4. I read about pl3 and decided to
>wait a little (~100K? for that one). Now, I got pl4 and ready for
>an all night compile (it takes over 5 hrs on my machine.. :( )
>I remembered something about a 0.97.2 release. I got it and
>downloaded and applied pl4. If failed only on the main Makefile.
>Simply statement (Version numbers). I noticed the patch was
>made around 0.97.3... Now I don't want a bomb after 5 hrs of compiling.
>It there a pl3 or can I continue with 0.97.2 and pl4?
>
>Thanks,
>Dan
>Hackers' Guide Coordinator/(making a better wish list :)
>--
> Dan Miner
> email: dminer@cs.umr.edu
>Computer Science
>University of Missouri-Rolla "It all begins with a glimmer."
Patch 3 IS at sunsite --- or at least was there on Sunday when I installed
it over mcc 0.97p2
BTW: patchlevel 3 restored the speed I lost with pl2 on 386DX 25 MHz with slooow
2 wait state memories. I haven't done any scientific testing but can
play xmahjongg without waiting again (was slooow with pl2).