[Sep 01, 97 - 09:27] Bob Davis of 1:106/114 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:
JS>> So far as I know, and I just redid all of the patches
JS>> tonight.  MS updated the posting dates on many of their
JS>> patches, and it is not easy to tell if there are any real
JS>> changes or if they just repackaged them.
BD> They didn't just redo the posting dates.  They put new versions up and 
BD> moved the old versions to a subdirectory called archives.  Look at all 
the 
BD> readme files to make sense of this.  The management of patches has become 
BD> very complex.  Its no longer a matter of just applying all the post sp3 
Since you mentioned SP3, you must be talking about NT patches - I was talking 
about Win95.  I believe the Win95 patches were repacked with AuthentiCode 
(big whoop).  The Win95 patches typically don't have any README file, they 
refer you to a KDB document.
Jerry Schwartz
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