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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’m a newbie in Koha, so I’m trying it on <span
style='color:#1F497D'>a</span> virtual appliance (Koha ver. 3.02 on Debian
Lenny).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I wonder why while updating an authority
record (ie. Person Name) the related bibliographic records are left unchanged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>That kind of behaviour is regardless the
system preference: ‘Authority dontmerge’ in my case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>It works contrary to the official Koha 3.2
manual (5.3.3 Editing Authorities).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Can anybody be so kind to explain me that
disadvantage?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Piotr Kowalski<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>GWSH<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Poland, EU<o:p></o:p></p>
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