Re: BK problem

[Eli Carter]

Larry McVoy wrote:
> Hi, we've got a problem in one of Linus' trees and it has started to
> propagate around.  I need your help to track it down and fix it.
> Please run the following script on your Linux BK trees and contact
> me if it tells you to do so.  You can fix up the tree by doing the
> following (warning: takes lots and lots of CPU time so if you don't
> need the tree it may well be faster to reclone tomorrow after I finish
> fixing the trees on bkbits).

Would you mind giving something of a lay-man's explanation of what went 
wrong and what that means?  In particular, I'm curious about the 
propagating part...

Eli
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