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Aucbvax.5459 net.bugs.2bsd utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!william Sun Dec 13 05:15:56 1981 BUG FIX RECALL #2 (nami.c) Ignore that recent bug fix, as the fix can be worse then the illness IF you have not been syncronously applying the listed fixes. Due to a rounding problem, the change in the count field size causes another table to be altered. We are localizing it, but the problem only seems to show up in very early systems (pre-release and first 2.8).

This is just a "small" case of the fix getting out before the testing is complete.

The problem described in the indicated BUG FIX only occurs with very high reference count, and can be dealt with in the mean time by just keeping the number of references low.

Bill.

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