TECHNICAL BULLETIN
                               Bulletin 279
                             January 3, 1991

               Special-case Patches to NetWare 386 v3.10 rev. A

Several patches have been released for NetWare 386 v3.10 rev. A which are
to be used when a particular error or problem exists.  The following list
identifies and describes the patch, and provides, in parentheses, the
filename on NetWire to download.  (See Technical Bulletin 277 for an
explanation of patch types)

DELDIRFX.NLM  is a dynamic patch that corrects a problem where the server
      comes to an abnormal end with the message "Abend: DeleteDirectory
      found invalid phantom list." This error occurs whenever an attempt is
      made to delete a directory which contains a certain number of trustees
      assigned to it.  The number of trustees must be greater  than eight
      and the binary representation for that number must have the number two
      bit set.  For example, the binary representation of 10 trustees is
      1010; the second bit is set in this binary number.  Bits are numbered
      from R to L.  (DLDRFX.ZIP)

DELFIX.NLM  is a dynamic patch that corrects a problem where the server
      comes to an abnormal end with the message "Abend: DeleteFileCompletely
      found an invalid TNode." This error occurs whenever an attempt is made
      to delete a file which has seven or more trustees assigned to it and
      Immediate Purge Of Deleted Files is set to ON.  (DELFIX.ZIP)

DTTMFIX.NLM is a dynamic patch that corrects two problems.  One problem
      would not allow a file's date/time to be set to 0.  Some applications
      known to set the date/time to 0 are Borland's Turbo C++ and Turbo
      Pascal products.  The compiler's "Build All" option within the
      integrated environment sets the date/time to zeros in order to force a
      full recompilation of all source files.  Without this patch installed,
      the file's date/time remains unchanged.  

      This patch also fixes a problem where a file's backup and creation
      dates are not being set correctly while the file is copied to the
      network.  This occurs whenever the file is held open during the
      setting of the dates.  This condition is most evident when copying
      files from a Macintosh workstation.  (DTTMFX.ZIP)