dUNIX OSFLDB401 DIGITAL LADEBUG for DIGITAL UNIX V4.0-43 ECO Summary

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


PRODUCT:    DIGITAL LADEBUG V4.0-43

OP/SYS:     DIGITAL UNIX [R]

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:
                                                
     ECO Kit Name:  OSFLDB401                   
                                                
                                         

     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  11056 Blocks (5660672 Bytes)

     Kit Applies To:  DIGITAL UNIX V4.0 through UNIX V4.0D
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  No (See Installation Notes)


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for DIGITAL LADEBUG on DIGITAL UNIX V4.0 and higher.
The following is a summary of the kit:

KIT DESCRIPTION:

     Digital Ladebug for DIGITAL UNIX Systems is a fully symbolic debugger with
     graphical user interface (GUI) for the DIGITAL UNIX platform. Key features
     of Ladebug allow you to:

     * Perform source-level debugging
     * Attach to a running process
     * Debug programs with shared libraries
     * Debug multithreaded applications
     * Debug multiprocess applications, including programs that fork/exec
     * Perform remote client/server debugging
     * Perform kernel debugging
     * Provide I18N support for local language characters

     Ladebug supports the debugging of programs written in C, C++, Fortran,
     Fortran 90, Ada and COBOL. Ladebug features expression evaluation using the
     syntax of the source programming language.

     For full information about the Ladebug debugger, please refer to the
     following manual (see the "Documentation" section below for how to retrieve
     this manual):

          DIGITAL UNIX: Ladebug Debugger Manual


WHAT'S NEW AT VERSION 4.0-43:

 
  o  Digital has discovered a potential vulnerability with the LADEBUG software,
     where under certain circumstances, an unauthorized user may gain 
     unauthorized privileges. This potential security issue has been resolved 
     and is no longer present with the installation of this ECO.  27 MAY 1998

  o  Remote debugging is working again on DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0.

  o  Command line interface now supports editing of lines which are longer
     than screen width.

  o  Several bugs were fixed. Please refer to the release notes for details.


KNOWN LIMITATIONS:

  o  See the release notes for full details about known problems and
     restrictions.


GENERAL:

  o  There is a serious problem with Ladebug running on some hardware running
     DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0B. A kernel patch may be necessary. See the release
     notes for full details.

  o  The release of the GUI in these kits works only with the Ladebug debugger
     that is included in these kits.


DEC FUSE:

  o  The release of the GUI in these kits works with DEC FUSE Version V3.1 only.
     Please refer to the release notes for details.


C++ Run-Time SUPPORT LIBRARY:

  o  DEC OSF/1 V3.2 and DIGITAL UNIX V3.2

     You must install the 3.0-7 version of the "DEC C++ Class Library, Run-Time
     Support" library from a DEC C++ kit. The subset name is CXXSHRDA307. See 
     the TURRIS::C_PLUS_PLUS Notes Conference for announcements of their kits.

     You can retrieve DEC C++ kits from the DEC C/C++ kits web page:

       http://www.zk3.dec.com/decc/decc-kitinfo.html

     Or by using anonymous ftp directly, beginning at this directory:

       ftp://labrea.zko.dec.com/pub/C++/


DIGITAL UNIX V4.0:

  o  No special action is necessary when installing this version of Ladebug on
     DIGITAL UNIX V4.0.


KIT LOCATION:

You may retrieve the kits from the Ladebug Kit Information web page at:

       http://asaab.zko.dec.com/Ladebug/kitinfo/kitinfo-index.html

Here, for your convenience, are the locations of the kits and related
documentation. The lines beginning with ftp: are World Wide Web URLs and the
DECNET: lines show the pathname that you would copy in a UNIX dcp command.

   * Ladebug Debugger Version 4.0-43 for DIGITAL UNIX V4.0
        o ftp://asaab.zko.dec.com/pub/Ladebug/kits/alpha/LDB443/LDB443-v4.0.tar
        o DECNET:
          sdesv1::/usr/proj/debug/public/kits/alpha/LDB443/LDB443-v4.0.tar
   * Ladebug Debugger Version 4.0-43 for DEC OSF/1 V3.2 and DIGITAL UNIX
     V3.2
        o ftp://asaab.zko.dec.com/pub/Ladebug/kits/alpha/LDB443/LDB443-v3.2.tar
        o DECNET:
          sdesv1::/usr/proj/debug/public/kits/alpha/LDB443/LDB443-v3.2.tar
   * Ladebug Debugger release notes
        o ftp://asaab.zko.dec.com/pub/Ladebug/doc/release-notes/4.0-43.txt
        o DECNET:
          sdesv1::/usr/proj/debug/public/kits/alpha/LDB443/release-notes.txt
   * this cover letter
        o ftp://asaab.zko.dec.com/pub/Ladebug/kits/alpha/LDB443/cover-letter.txt
        o DECNET:
          sdesv1::/usr/proj/debug/public/kits/alpha/LDB443/cover-letter.txt


INSTALLATION NOTES:

To install your kit you must be logged in as root, and you must complete the
following steps.

  1. Copy the appropriate tar set for the version of the Operating System on
     which you will install the kit.

  2. Unpack the tar set with this command:

          # tar -xvf 

     You may delete the tar set at this time. (Once you have completed the
     installation, you may delete all of the files produced by this step.)

  3. Deinstall previous versions of the subsets on this kit (this step is
     not necessary if this is your first kit). To see what subsets are
     currently installed, issue the following command:

          # setld -i | grep LDB

     and note which subsets are marked as "installed". Then issue a setld
     "delete" command to remove those subsets. For example:

          # setld -d LDBBASE3016 LDBGUI3016

  4. Finally, to install the current kit, execute the command:



This patch can be found at any of these sites:


Colorado Site


Georgia Site




Files on this server are as follows:

osfldb401.README
osfldb401.CHKSUM
osfldb401.CVRLET_TXT
osfldb401.tar