3003 *.info files are 3001???

[Graeme Moffat]

marc at stingray.austin.ibm.com (Marc J. Stephenson/140000;1C-22) writes:

>The *.info and the X11rte.obj are indeed new versions on 3003.
>Unfortunately, the modification levels which are automatically 
>updated for updateps are not used by installp - that is why the 
>info files appear to be the same level.

Are those of us who use CD roms for man/info ever going to get updates?  File
dates for most CD files are Apr 1989, although sizes are considerably
greater than the disk versions.  To ship updated versions with a 0000.0000
build number is bad, IMHO. Hands up anyone else who didn't realise they had
been updated.

When using man with CDroms, there is a 5-10 second delay before anything
appears. I guess we have to accept the speed/space tradeoff here.  But I
would like to know why, after EOF of man is reached, there can be 20-30
seconds delay before the prompt returns (the CD is flashing its light, doing
something)?  In cynical moments, I have speculated that it is either
rewinding or retensioning, but is man in fact being *too* smart, and
continuing to search for matches?  Whatever, if the prompt does not return
within 2 secs of ending man, I reach for ^C.

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