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OpenVMS ALPDEBU04_071 Alpha V7.1 DEBUG ECO Summary
TITLE: OpenVMS ALPDEBU04_071 Alpha V7.1 DEBUG ECO Summary
 
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) Compaq Computer Corporation 1998, 1999.  All rights reserved.

Modification Date:  27-Sep-99
Modification Type:  Updated Kit:  Supersedes ALPDEBU03_071 

PRODUCT:    DIGITAL OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  DEBUG - DEBUG.EXE
                    DEBUGSHR.EXE
                    DEBUGUISHR.EXE
                    DBGTBKMSG.EXE
                    DBG$HA_KERNEL.EXE
                    DBG$HA_MAIN.EXE
                    VMSDEBUGUIL.UID

SOURCE:     Compaq Computer Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPDEBU04_071
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPDEBU03_071
                                           ALPDEBU02_071
                                           ALPDEBU01_071
     ECO Kit Approximate Size: 10476 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V7.1, V7.1-1H1, V7.1-1H2
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  No

     Installation Rating:  INSTALL_3
                           3 - To be installed on all systems running
                               the listed versions of OpenVMS which
                               are experiencing the problems described.

     Kit Dependencies:

       The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
       installation of this kit:

         None 

       In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
       kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:

         None 


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for DEBUG on OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 through V7.1-1H2.
This kit addresses the following problems:

Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU04_071 Kit:

  o  The debugger's source view oscillates horizontally (steady state) 
     after an upgrade to Motif V1.2-5.

     Images(s) Affected:

          -  [SYSLIB]DEBUGSHR.EXE

          -  [SYSLIB]DEBUGUISHR.EXE

          -  [SYSLIB]VMSDEBUGUIL.UID


Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU03_071 Kit:

  o  Examines (checks) of global/shared data often show stale
     values.

  o  Monitor view performance suffers severe performance degradation 
     when the number of monitored items increases.  For example, 
     expanding a 900-element aggregate could take more than 20 minutes.   
     The performance loss continues even when monitored items are collapsed  
     or removed (even across runs/reruns).  The performance degradation 
     first started in OpenVMS V7.0.

     After installation of this kit the same expansion would take
     under a minute.

  o  Links for System Code Debugger (SCD) relevant OpenVMS V6.2
     debug image versions failed to deassign a SYS$BASE_IMAGE
     logical.

     The original linktime problem occurred with DEBUG.EXE, since
     it was linked against an OpenVMS V6.2 version of SYS$BASE_IMAGE.  
     In this case, some features such as SET BREAK/SYSEMULATE were 
     disabled.
 

Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU02_071 Kit:

  o  The debugger sometimes displays the wrong source and symbolic
     information.   That is, sometimes it reads the DSTs from the
     wrong image or DSF file.

  o  Some commands, with several different languages, yield messages
     similar to:

      %DEBUG-E-OPNOTALLOW, operator 'AND' not allowed on given data types


Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU01_071 Kit:

  o  Build the debugger against Motif V1.2-3 and provide workarounds
     in the debugger for bugs which are currently fixed in Motif V1.2-4.


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:
»alpdebu04_071.README
»alpdebu04_071.CHKSUM
»alpdebu04_071.CVRLET_TXT
»alpdebu04_071.a-dcx_axpexe
»alpdebu04_071.CVRLET_TXT
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