Re: function login call blew up

Slight correction - stock 7.3 contains up2date version 2.7.86, not
2.7.63.  Sorry 'bout that...

On Sat, 18 May 2002, John Berninger wrote:

> Actually, the server API hasn't changed, but we've now discovered that
> Current is totally broken on 7.3, as well as the most recent Red Hat
> up2date errata package.  Hunter's got a patch for it and is reviewing it
> this weekend, so hopefully early next week there will be at least one
> new release; he's been extremely busy lately, though, so don't expect it
> at 8 am Monday morning.  :)
> 
>         For those of you interested in the technical details, the
> problem is definitely with the Current server; in early versions, Hunter
> exploited a ``feature'' of the up2date client which really wasn't
> supposed to be there by gzipping the package list and header
> information, and sending the gzipped data to the client when it was
> requested, in order to save disk space.  Well, with version 2.7.61 (the
> latest 7.[012] errata) and version 2.7.63 (stock 7.3), that feature was
> removed, so our server isn't talking to the clients in a way the clients
> understand anymore.  This was a relatively simple fix, it just took a
> bit to find and isolate it, and of course we've now got to go through
> the monkey business of creating and certifying new packages and such...
> 
> On Fri, 17 May 2002, Ingo T. Storm wrote:
> 
> > > I'm working with Redhat 7.3
> > 
> > 7.3 blows up here all the time with different errors. I'd say it seems the
> > server API has changed.
> > 
> > Ingo
> > 
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