From: werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.announce,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Will there be a Tune-Up 1.1.1.1?
Date: 13 Apr 1992 08:50:19 -0500
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In <BMMn6A.Muu@world.std.com> bobsoron@world.std.com (Bob Soron) writes:
>...
> Picked up 1.1.1 off ftp.apple.com late yesterday and life's been Hell On
> Wheels since. Programs that worked fine yesterday morning now crash with
> F-line instruction errors and Unimplemented trap errors. The Finder
> spontaneously quit on me -- the same effect you see when you use
> Command-Option-Escape to quit the Finder to rebuild the Desktop. (No,
> I didn't hit that combination. My hands weren't on the keyboard at the
> time.) I haven't been able to throw away some files on my hard drive --
> and no, they aren't busy or locked; I haven't used these particular
> items in months, and I don't lock documents or folders I create.
> 
> Other users on my local user group's BBS have mentioned similar
> problems, so it isn't just me.
> 
> I'm going back to Tune-Up 1.0 tomorrow morning, I think. Or 1.1, given
> that Apple never said *what* was wrong with it, and that it worked
> verifiably better than 1.1.1. But I *am* interested in finding out if
> I'm in a majority or minority...

	it doesn't really matter if you are in a 1-man minority (I am
	sure) and it will be of little consolation or help for you to
	know that I have not heard of similar problems ...

	... but here is the way I understand things:


	VERSION 1.0 was (mainly?) intended to fix a problem in the MacOS
	RAM-memory management (fragmenting memory to the point where
	you'd have to reboot to be able to continue to run programs).


	VERSION 1.1 (mainly?) intended to fix the "disappearing folder
	problem" which had people lose all folders (and, worst case, all
	files inside) after some name (think of them sorted in alfa-
	betical order).


	VERSION 1.1.1 (mainly?) tried to fix a build-problem.

	unfortunately a mistake in the build-process (which is the
	term used to describe the final compilation and assembly of
	a complex piece of software, such as a computer operating
	system) included the "wrong headers" (something which all
	software authors, vendors, distributors and, yes, USERS (!!)
	fear happening, but which happens none-the-less due to
	human error; usually, a very unhappy, unfortunate, and very
	sorry human, by the way, often turned into a scape-goat
	undeservedly, after having worked to exhaustion under great
	personal sacrifices responding with the best of intentions to
	time and managerial pressures, to fix a problem which was
	created in the software design and programming many, many
	years ago, by someone who may or not have long ago left the
	company or been promoted or transfered to new and different
	responsibilities...

	it is called "software maintenance" and is a reality of the
	process often blamed on a mythical person called "Murphy" ... ;-)

	the build-problem causes process management problems,
	and causes crashes requiring that the machine is rebooted
	(which is not only unpleasant but can cause loss of data
	or files also...)
	
			-----------

	it is important to always run the Disk First Aid program
	before running the Installer to 'Tune Up' the OS, and
	to maintain a good backup (whatever that is ;-), because

			"Sh*t Happens"

	and noone will be sorrier than YOU when it does!  :-(



ps: if you quote me, make sure it is understood that I am not refering
    to any official or unofficial Apple comments, but that this is just
    my personal interpretation of "things".

    For the "official poop" please refer to the information made available
    by Apple as part of the Tune Up software releases, or contact your
    dealer or Apple directly.

pps: Tune Up also includes updated StyleWriter and LaserWriter software;
   whatever it fixed, the old LaserWriter I was trying to print with on
   Friday still wasn't happy with it and reported PostScript errors...
   (but that might as well have simply been bad karma and my personal
    problem, having nothing to do with software)
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