On Sun, 21 May 89 16:16:13 EDT Juan M. Courcoul said: >Greetings ! > >Perhaps this isn't the best place to ask this, but since it affects the >operation of the servers, I'll go ahead anyway. > >Logging on the postmaster account today, I found a VERS8900 NODEUPD file >on the reader. According to the first lines, in supercedes all previous >updates, including VERS8905 (which I received and applied last Wednesday). >However, it does not include changes which were requested by nodes in >Texas, so it does not have the June changes, and the numbering scheme >looks rather odd. > >Could someone explain ? Is this a valid update, or is it better to wait for >a VERS8906 file ? > >Thanks for your help. > >Juan i wrote this already to the NODMGT-L list. this month there are two ( 2 ) NODUPD files. first the 8905 NODUPD has only changes to EARN & NETNORTH nodes (they arrived in time). last friday i got the updates for BITNET. because their were some important changes, i decided (by request) to ship a second update (and called it VERS8900). sorry for giving you more work than normal. you have to use BOTH files if you are updating BITEARN NODES and maybe other servers. -ulrich-