OpenVMS VAXDEBU03_061 VAX V6.1 DEBUG ECO Summary
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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ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: VAXDEBU06_070 (V6.1 Only)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).
This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
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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