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Re: Bug#86056: musixtex: workaround for mf bug



On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 05:38:20AM -0700, Anthony Fok wrote:
> > Yes, I've posted a patch for Metafont too.  But in the meantime, until
> > DEK fixes Metafont upstream sometime in 2002, this fix to the musixtex
> > fonts will avoid exercising the bug.  And there are gonna be a lot of
> > people in the world who are not likely to get a fixed Metafont in the
> > near future.
> 
> I see.  DEK = Donald E. Knuth?  If so, that was a real Metafont bug, and
> not an Web2c bug then?  Hmm...  Does that mean you'll get a cheque
> from Donald Knuth?  ;-)

Yes.  Yes.  I hope so ;-)

   Julian

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