Hello Janis!

Wednesday March 23 2016 12:55, you wrote to Ben Ritchey:


The file PKTDATE.ZIP was missing a file PKTDATE.LNG and now the refreshed
archive has come through I tried to compile it using cc under Linux but it
reported three primary errors which makes me think that this source is not the
latest that was produced but my system does not have wildcat files any more
that I can see, as the system is over 15 years old and closed/commercial
sources etc.

For the larger systems that have maintained the Wildcat file areas from the
80/90's there are just a re-issue of the originals that might create problems
for those systems.  In my case my decision on re-creating these file areas are
subject to see what comes down the pike as it were but the bbs system itself
seems to be a abandon commercial product so is it worth while?

That said a working source copy of pktdate might be useful not that I have 
seen
bad dates on net or echo mail but ....



Vince


 > Hi Ben,

 >>>> This has file dates of 2000 along with the C source code but is
 >>>> missing one file namely PKTDATE.lng, so it can not be compiled.

 >> I will re-hatch this with the missing file if available ... these
 >> files were recently requested via Facebook for WC4 installations so
 >> I am making it available once again. :) The original full archive I
 >> believe is available in FIDO Coordinator Utilities area (Y2kTool6),
 >> but this is just a few "special" need programs for WC4 systems :)

 > I saw Pkdate come through with the added file.  Thanks.  But correct
 > me if I'm wrong, what you released is really not changed source from
 > what was already sent out?  Just kind of repackaged?

 >>> There are other files that came through Ben's new areas that don't
 >>> exactly seem "new" either... not what I'd
expected... though I do
 >>> have to examine the files in more detail.

 >> None of the WC6 files are "new", except maybe one, but they are
 >> certainly new to FIDONet/Filegate. Is there a problem?

 > Don't forget Robert Wolfe has sent a lot of files through the
 > filegate. :)

 > I haven't had time to check those WCF_6* files yet, but if Robert
 > hasn't sent you an update personally, the files might have possibly
 > come through the filegate already in the WINSERVER file echo (that's
 > in Win_FDN), or some others that Robert had released files in.

 > Just download my files.zip file, and do a grep for Robert Wolfe and
 > you will see what I mean.

 > Don't get me wrong, I think it would be GREAT if Robert is indeed
 > sending you new updates to the files he's already sent out, or if
 > you've updated source where possible/applicable, otherwise... 

 > We surely don't expect you to rehatch files that perhaps are new to
 > your system, but have already been been released, and I don't think
 > you want to do that either :) :)

 > Thanks Ben,
 > Janis



Vince

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