Synopsis: poptool/popread bug

Version: B, B.0.2

Description: On a slow network connection (slip@2400 baud), popread can 
get a short enough read that the terminating sequence ("\r\n") isn't present
in the newly read buffer, and it writes off of the end of an internal buffer.
This is characterised by the poptool `New Mail' button staying busy after
it has been selected, and the `Messages in transit' guage quits updating.

Workaround: Replace /usr/openwin/bin/popread included with the CD distribution.
A fixed popread can be obtained via anonymous ftp from tapole.com.  The popread
binary and a compressed binary are in the pub/patches/B921006001 directory.

The following scenario might be used to install this patch onto a SPARCbook
named `sparcbook' with direct access to the Internet,

sparcbook# cd /usr/openwin/bin
sparcbook# mv popread popread.orig
sparcbook# ftp -i tadpole.com
Connected to tadpole.com.
220 tadpole FTP server (SunOS 4.1) ready.
Name (tadpole.com:root): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> cd pub/patches/B921006001
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> bin
200 Type set to I.
ftp> get popread
200 PORT command successful.
150 Binary data connection for popread (160.104.1.1,3632) (40960 bytes).
226 Binary Transfer complete.
local: popread remote: popread
9094 bytes received in 0.033 seconds (1.2e+03 Kbytes/s)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
sparcbook# sum popread
23664    40
sparcbook# chmod 755 popread
sparcbook# ls -la popread
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root        40960 Oct 21 09:21 popread
sparcbook#

If you should experience any problems with this procedure, please contact
Tadpole Technology at 1-800-232-1881 and ask for SPARCbook Customer Support.

Sincerely,

SPARCbook Customer Support