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Subj:	A fix to the AXP port of DECUS Finger

From: vance@alumni.caltech.edu (Vance R. Haemmerle)
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Subject: A fix to the AXP port of DECUS Finger
Date: 9 Jan 1995 18:38:02 GMT
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A fix for the AXP port of DECUS finger V51.1.29 from ftp.spc.edu 
FINGER_AXP.ZIP in subdirectory [.finger]

In FINGER_AXP.README, Everhart@Arisia.gce.com writes:

"I say "pretty much" since it seems to work OK over decnet in both
 directions, fingers individuals OK or whole systems, doesn't crash,
 but isn't getting personal names out of the UAF owner field."

  
  I've tracked down the reason that the UAF fields are not being read
as well as the Organization line.  It has to do with the different
way the Linker works under AXP.  FINGERSHR.EXE needs to be linked
so its data is sharable.

The link statement for FINGERSHR in INSTALL_FINGER.COM needs to be

$ Link/NoTrace	FingerLib/Lib/Include=FingerShr 	-
		/Share='F$Log("Finger$Directory")'FingerShr, -
		Sys$Input/Options
GSMATCH=LEQUAL,1,12
SYMBOL_VECTOR=(Finger_Usr_Common=PSECT,-
               Finger_Loc_Common=PSECT,-
               Finger_Host_Common=PSECT,-
               Finger_Net_Common=PSECT)
psect=Finger_Usr_Common,   shr
psect=Finger_Loc_Common,   shr
psect=Finger_Host_Common,  shr
psect=Finger_Net_Common,   shr


The Link statements for the other programs (FINGER, FINGMAINT)
need to have  

psect=Finger_Usr_Common,   shr
psect=Finger_Loc_Common,   shr
psect=Finger_Host_Common,  shr
psect=Finger_Net_Common,   shr

added to the options.

--
Vance Haemmerle
vance@alumni.caltech.edu