Index: openacs-4/packages/attachments/attachments.info
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/attachments/attachments.info,v
diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21
--- openacs-4/packages/attachments/attachments.info	7 Aug 2017 23:48:04 -0000	1.20
+++ openacs-4/packages/attachments/attachments.info	6 Dec 2018 14:26:00 -0000	1.21
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@
     <singleton-p>t</singleton-p>
     <auto-mount>attachments</auto-mount>
 
-    <version name="0.11" url="http://openacs.org/repository/download/apm/attachments-0.11.apm">
+    <version name="0.12" url="http://openacs.org/repository/download/apm/attachments-0.12.apm">
         <owner url="http://openacs.org">OpenACS</owner>
         <summary>Attachment support</summary>
         <maturity>2</maturity>
         <release-date>2017-08-06</release-date>
         <vendor url="http://openacs.org">OpenACS</vendor>
         <description format="text/plain">Provide widgets and datamodel to support attachments on arbitrary objects.  Used by forums.</description>
 
-        <provides url="attachments" version="0.11"/>
+        <provides url="attachments" version="0.12"/>
 	<requires url="acs-tcl" version="5.9.1"/>
 	<requires url="acs-kernel" version="5.9.1"/>
         <requires url="file-storage" version="5.9.1"/>
 
         <parameters>
             <parameter datatype="string"  min_n_values="1"  max_n_values="1"  name="RelativeUrl"  default="attach" description="The relative url of this package when mounted under a client."/>
-            <parameter datatype="number"  min_n_values="1"  max_n_values="1"  name="MaximumFileSize"  default="4096000" description="maximum file size for upload"/>
+            <parameter  datatype="number"  min_n_values="1"  max_n_values="1"  name="MaximumFileSize"  default="4096000" description="maximum file size for upload. DEPRECATED: please use the homonymous parameter in the file-storage" section_name="deprecated"/>
         </parameters>
 
     </version>
Index: openacs-4/packages/attachments/www/file-add-2.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/attachments/www/file-add-2.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13
--- openacs-4/packages/attachments/www/file-add-2.tcl	6 Dec 2018 13:54:53 -0000	1.12
+++ openacs-4/packages/attachments/www/file-add-2.tcl	6 Dec 2018 14:26:00 -0000	1.13
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@
 
     max_size -requires {upload_file} {
 	set n_bytes [file size ${upload_file.tmpfile}]
-	set max_bytes [parameter::get -parameter "MaximumFileSize"]
+        set root_folder [attachments::get_root_folder]
+        set fs_package_id [db_string get_fs_package_id {
+            select package_id
+            from fs_root_folders
+            where folder_id=:root_folder
+        }]
+	set max_bytes [parameter::get -package_id $fs_package_id -parameter "MaximumFileSize"]
 	if { $n_bytes > $max_bytes } {
             # Max number of bytes is used in the error message
             set max_number_of_bytes [util_commify_number $max_bytes]
@@ -39,13 +45,6 @@
     set filename $upload_file
 }
 
-set root_folder [attachments::get_root_folder]
-set fs_package_id [db_string get_fs_package_id {
-    select package_id
-    from fs_root_folders
-    where folder_id=:root_folder
-}]
-
 #db_transaction {
     set file_id [db_nextval "acs_object_id_seq"]
     fs::add_file \