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HP Services Software Patches - vaxdebu03_061
 
NOTE:  An OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file is stored
       on the Internet in a self-expanding compressed file.
       The name of the compressed file will be kit_name-dcx_vaxexe
       for OpenVMS VAX or kit_name-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha.
 
       Once the file is copied to your system, it can be expanded
       by typing RUN compressed_file.  The resultant file will
       be the OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file which
       can be used to install the ECO.
 

Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1997.  All rights reserved.

PRODUCT:    OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT:  DEBUG - DBG$UIHELP.HLB                               
                    DEBUG.EXE                                                
                    DEBUGSHR.EXE                                             
                    DEBUGUISHR.EXE                                          
                    VMSDEBUGCUSTUIL.UID                  
                    VMSDEBUGUIL.UID 

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  VAXDEBU03_061
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  VAXDEBU06_070 (V6.1 Only)
                                           VAXDEBU01_070 (V6.1 Only)
                                           VAXDEBU02_061
                                           VAXDEBU01_061  
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  3834 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS VAX V6.1
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  No

     Installation Rating:  3 - To be installed on all systems running
                               the listed versions of OpenVMS which
                               are experiencing the problems described.

     NOTE:  In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
            the following remedial kits also need to be installed:

                 None


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for DEBUG on OpenVMS V6.1.  This kit addresses the 
following problems:                                             

Problems addressed in VAXDEBU03_061 Kit

  o  There are no new problem fixes in this kit.  The kit is being issued  
     as a single version kit.  If you have installed the VAXDEBU01_071 
     remedial kit you do not need to install  the VAXDEBU03_061 kit.


Problems addressed in VAXDEBU06_070 kit for OpenVMS VAX V6.1

  o  Missing files.  The patch would not correct all the problems
     mentioned in the release notes.


Problems addressed in VAXDEBU01_070 kit for OpenVMS VAX V6.1

  o  Japanese users report that the Debug GUI does not support
     Kana-Kanji conversions.

  o  Source view line numbers are not visible on systems running CDE
     and Motif V1.2.4.

  o  It is difficult to debug problems in the HA (Heap Analyzer) kernel, 
     especially problems during startup.

  o  HA main was failing to display error messages to SYS$OUTPUT when 
     appropriate.  In particular, when DECW$DISPLAY was not set properly, 
     HA main failed to inform the user of its inability to run.

  o  UIL files contained names greater than 31 characters long which
     cause UIL compilation failures on V7.0.

  o  Applications linked with PTHREAD$RTL go into an infinite loop when 
     run with the Heap Analyzer (HA) and with kernel threads enabled.

  o  Narrow the window between when DEBUG gains control and the call
     to the threads facility to stop task scheduling.

  o  RFA, Record File Address, tables were sometimes not being properly  
     updated.  The conditional that helped determine when to update was 
     depending on a variable that it assumed was static, but was, instead, 
     changing dynamically.


Problems addressed in VAXDEBU02_061 kit

  o  When there are two or more address locations using the same symbol  
     name, the debugger fails to EXAMINE the correct address location.


Problems addressed in VAXDEBU01_061 kit

  o  The current debuggers' PAGEFILE usage is dramatically worse than  
     previous versions.  In particular, this was observed in poor debugger  
     command execution times with "DECLARE  x:ADDRESS"  and  "SHOW SYM" 
     commands.  The larger the application the worse the debugger PAGEFILE  
     usage and performance.  On large applications, the debugger could  
     consume all of the available pages.
                                                                              

INSTALLATION NOTES:

The system does not need to be rebooted after this kit is installed.
However, if you have other nodes in your OpenVMS VMScluster, they should
be rebooted or you should install this kit on each system in order to
make use of the new image(s). 
Files on this server are as follows:
»vaxdebu03_061.README
»vaxdebu03_061.CHKSUM
»vaxdebu03_061.CVRLET_TXT
»vaxdebu03_061.a-dcx_vaxexe
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