Number: 683

Date: 13-Apr-84 11':44':01

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: Wallace.pa

Subject: Document deletion of TOC on error

Assigned To: vanMelle

Attn: Release

Status: Fixed

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Problem Type: Documentation

Impact: Annoying

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Frequency: Everytime

Priority: Perhaps

System: Text

Subsystem: Lafite

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Description: '
Sender': masinter.PA'
Date': 11 Apr 84 18':11':13 PST (Wednesday)'
Subject': Re': Lafite': Deletion of TOC on ERROR'
In-reply-to': Wallace''s message of 10 Apr 84 23':46 PST'
To': Wallace'
cc': LafiteSupport '
From': LispSupport'
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I didn''t submit an AR on this. Do you think there should be an AR, documentation, which explains what''s going on here?'
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Date': 10 Apr 84 23':46 PST'
From': Wallace.pa'
Subject': Lafite': Deletion of TOC on ERROR'
To': LafiteSupport.pa'
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Lafite System Date':  8-Apr-84 17':20':45'
Lisp System Date':  8-Apr-84 18':02':02'
Machine': Dorado (Ventana)'
Microcode version': 24,2'
Memory size': 10000'
Impact': Moderate'
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My ACTIVE.MAIL had a bad block in it which was crashing the fileserver, so I renamed it.  I then tried to browse ACTIVE.MAIL in order to read new mail.'
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Lafite complained that the TOC didn''t agree with the ACTIVE.MAIL, and printed out "...failed," which was reasonable.  But it deleted my TOC file too.  In general, when it''s confused, Lafite should just back out, leaving as much state around as possible.'
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Date': 11 Apr 84 18':19 PST'
From': Wallace.pa'
Subject': Re': Lafite': Deletion of TOC on ERROR'
In-reply-to': LispSupport''s message of 11 Apr 84 18':11':13 PST (Wednesday)'
To': LispSupport.PA'
cc': LafiteSupport.PA'
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Documentation should be enough (VanMelle explained to me what was going on).'
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Edit-By: vanMelle

Edit-Date:  5-Jun-84 14':27':06