HP Services Software Patches - alpdebu03_061

 
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       The name of the compressed file will be kit_name-dcx_vaxexe
       for OpenVMS VAX or kit_name-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha.
 
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       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 Alpha

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

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPDEBU03_061
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPDEBU01_071
				           ALPDEBU06_070
                                           ALPDEBU05_070                      
                                           ALPDEBU02_070                      
                                           ALPDEBU01_070                      
                                           AXPDEBU02_061  (AXPDEBU)           
                                           AXPDEBU01_061

     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  8100 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2                 
     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 Alpha V6.1.  This kit
addresses the following problems: 

Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU03_061 Kit:

  o  There are no new problem fixes in this kit.  The kit is  being
     re-issued  as a single version kit.  If you have installed the
     ALPDEBU01_071 remedial kit, you do not  need  to  install  the
     ALPDEBU03_061 kit.


Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU01_071 Kit for OpenVMS ALPHA V6.1,
V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2

  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.


Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU06_070 Kit for OpenVMS ALPHA V6.1,
V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2

  o  HELP file was not included in the ALPDEBU05_070 ECO kit.


Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU05_070 Kit for OpenVMS ALPHA V6.1,
V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2

  o  Arrow is present, but occluded by breakpoint toggle buttons.  It
     appears that Motif[R] is not properly resizing the source annotation
     form when new child objects (toggles) are initiated, thus, instead 
     of positioning the new objects to the right of existing ones 
     (i.e. the arrow), they are falling on top of them. 

  o  In this old version, arrow scaling by font metrics is not
     implemented.  Arrow size is therefore hardcoded. 

  o  Using the kept debugger and the gui, opening the source browser
     at  any  point  and  then executing the RERUN command causes an
     ACCVIO.


Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU02_070 Kit for OpenVMS ALPHA V6.1,
V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2

  o  On startup, DEBUG occasionally fails with an ACCVIO on some Alpha
     programs. 


Problems Addressed in the ALPDEBU01_070 Kit for OpenVMS ALPHA V6.1, 
V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2 

  o  Record File Address (RFA) 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 the AXPDEBU02_061 Kit

  o  A STEP/RETURN debugger command takes a long time to complete when
     using the current OpenVMS Alpha debugger.  The amount of time
     depends on the type of system being used and on the type of code in
     the module.  A STEP/RETURN from a small routine with a loop of many
     iterations (e.g., 100000) could take over 40 minutes to complete! 

     The current debugger's pagefile usage is dramatically worse.  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. 


Problems Addressed in the AXPDEBU01_061 Kit

  o  When a breakpoint is set in the source code being debugged, the
     debugger may not stop at the set break point. 

  o  Severe performance degradation occurs on the first use of "SET MODULE"
     or "SET SCOPE module_name". 


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). 

[R]  Motif, OSF, and OSF/Motif are registered trademarks of the
     Open Software Foundation, Inc.

Files on this server are as follows:

»alpdebu03_061.README
»alpdebu03_061.CHKSUM
»alpdebu03_061.CVRLET_TXT
»alpdebu03_061.a-dcx_axpexe