Index: openacs-4/packages/calendar/www/admin/index.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/calendar/www/admin/index.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.11 -r1.11.2.1
--- openacs-4/packages/calendar/www/admin/index.tcl	9 May 2018 15:33:29 -0000	1.11
+++ openacs-4/packages/calendar/www/admin/index.tcl	1 Mar 2019 11:03:03 -0000	1.11.2.1
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         }
         type {
             label {Type}
-            display_eval {[ad_decode $private_p "t" "Personal" "Shared"]}
+            display_eval {[expr {$private_p ? "Personal" : "Shared"}]}
         }
         num_items {
             label "Items"
Index: openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/tcl/community-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/tcl/community-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.234.2.1 -r1.234.2.2
--- openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/tcl/community-procs.tcl	14 Feb 2019 16:15:01 -0000	1.234.2.1
+++ openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/tcl/community-procs.tcl	1 Mar 2019 11:04:53 -0000	1.234.2.2
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
             set package_id [site_node::instantiate_and_mount \
                 -parent_node_id $parent_node_id \
-                -node_name [ad_decode $url_part "" $community_type_key $url_part] \
+                -node_name [expr {$url_part eq "" ? $community_type_key : $url_part}] \
                 -package_name $pretty_name \
                 -package_key [one_community_type_package_key] \
                 -context_id $parent_node(object_id)]
Index: openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/tcl/dotlrn-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/tcl/dotlrn-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.86 -r1.86.2.1
--- openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/tcl/dotlrn-procs.tcl	18 Sep 2018 17:27:14 -0000	1.86
+++ openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/tcl/dotlrn-procs.tcl	1 Mar 2019 11:08:07 -0000	1.86.2.1
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     ad_proc -public is_instantiated {} {
         returns 1 if dotlrn is instantiated, 0 otherwise
     } {
-        return [ad_decode [apm_num_instances [package_key]] 0 0 1]
+        return [expr {[apm_num_instances [package_key]] > 0}]
     }
 
     ad_proc -public is_initialized {} {
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@
     } {
         mount a package under dotlrn
     } {
-        set parent_node_id [ad_decode $parent_node_id "" [get_node_id] $parent_node_id]
+        if {$parent_node_id eq ""} {
+            set parent_node_id [get_node_id]
+        }
 
         db_transaction {
             array set parent_node [site_node::get -node_id $parent_node_id]