OpenVMS VAXLIBR06_070 VAX V5.5 - V7.0 LIBRTL 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) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996, 1997. All rights reserved.
INSTALLATION NOTES: If your system is running OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2* *AND*
you installed VAXLIBR05_070 on that system, in order
to avoid possible system crashes, you *MUST* install
this kit, VAXLIBR06_070, on your system.
If your system is running OpenVMS VAX V5.5, V5.5-1,
V6.0, V6.1, V6.2 or V7.0 and VAXLIBR05_070 has been
installed on your system, you *DO NOT* need to install
this kit, VAXLIBR06_070.
If your system is running OpenVMS VAX V5.5, V5.5-1,
V5.5-2*, V6.0, V6.1, V6,2, or V7.0 and VAXLIBR05_070
has not been installed on your system, you *MUST*
install this kit, VAXLIBR06_070, on your system.
OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX
COMPONENTS: For OpenVMS VAX V5.5, V5.5-1, V5.5-2, V5.5-2H4, V5.5-2HF,
V5.5-2HW, and V6.0:
LIBRTL.EXE
LIBRTL2.EXE
MESSAGE_ROUTINES.EXE
STARLET.OLB - Updated with LIB$DATE_ARITHMETIC and
LIB$DATE_CVT
For OpenVMS VAX V6.1, V6.2, and V7.0:
LIBRTL.EXE
LIBRTL2.EXE
LIBRTL_INSTRUMENTED.EXE
MESSAGE_ROUTINES.EXE
STARLET.OLB - Updated with LIB$DATE_ARITHMETIC and
LIB$DATE_CVT
For OpenVMS VAX V5.5 through V7.0:
LIBRTL$ECO_DROP.COM (If desired, this command file
may be used to remove the ECO
and restore the original
files and libraries. If this
file is used to remove the kit
from the system, the system
needs to be rebooted after the
successful removal of the kit.)
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VAXLIBR06_070
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: VAXLIBR05_070
VAXLIBR02_070
VAXLIBR01_070
VAXLIBR02_062
VAXLIBR01_062
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 4770 Blocks
Saveset A - 126 Blocks
Saveset B - 378 Blocks
Saveset C - 396 Blocks
Saveset D - 414 Blocks
Saveset E - 1134 Blocks
Saveset F - 1152 Blocks
Saveset G - 1170 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V5.5, V5.5-1, V5.5-2, V5.5-2H4, V5.5-2HF,
V5.5-2HW, V6.0, V6.1, V6.2, V7.0
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Installation Rating: 1 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed version(s) of OpenVMS.
NOTE: In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
the following remedial kits also need to be installed:
None
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for the LIBRTL routines on OpenVMS VAX V5.5 through
V7.0.
Problems addressed in the VAXLIBR06_070 kit for OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2,
V5.5-2H4, V5.5-2HW, and V5.5-2HF *ONLY*:
o The VAXLIBR05_070 remedial kit contains a fix that causes a
Kernel Stack Not Valid Bugcheck which resulted in a system
reboot. This appears to happen under two circumstances:
+ The system has at least one secondary pagefile installed and
AUTOGEN is run with preserve feedback (i.e., AGEN$FEEDBACK.EXE
is run).
+ The POLYCENTER DECps product is installed and run on the
system, specifically the Data Collection portion DECps-DC.
If either of the above are run after the VAXLIBR05_070 kit has
been installed on V5.5-2*, the system will crash.
NOTE: This is only a problem for customers running V5.5-2*. If
you are running a version other than V5.5-2* and have
installed the VAXLIBR05_070 remedial kit, you do not need
to install the VAXLIBR06_070 kit.
o Possible memory leak when calling lib$get_vm.
o The message length field in the message sent to the queue
manager can get corrupted when the buffer size exceeds 64K and
the user process can obtain 64K of P1 space.
o Sometimes, during a heavy system load, a process may lose the
response to a queuing request and the command will hang
indefinitely.
o In order to correct a problem where the batch/print queue
manager can lose a connection to one of its client nodes
(after a failover), the $SNDJBC system service has added the
new status return code QMAN$_RETRYLINK. This informs the
queue manager to attempt to re-establish its link to this
client node.
The new status is returned when the client node detects that
the queue manager is attempting to link, but context for a
previous link still exists.
However, in order to correct the lost connection problem, you
must be running a version of the queue manager which
recognizes the new QMAN$_RETRYLINK status code.
Queue manager versions beginning with OpenVMS VAX V6.0 contain
the update which recognizes the new status code. The update
is also available in the remedial kit VAXQMAN03_070.
If you are experiencing the lost connection problem (a very low
probability event), and have installed the VAXLIBR06_070 kit,
you may see OPCOM messages similar to the following (on the
operator console or in the operator log file):
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 6-AUG-1992 15:06:00.26 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user QUEUE_MANAGE on SUMNODE
%QMAN-E-COMMERROR, unexpected error #5 in communicating
with node CSID 0008000B
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 6-AUG-1992 15:06:00.28 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user QUEUE_MANAGE on SUMNODE
-QMAN-W-NOMSG, Message number 04FE8678
o Allow lower case months to be entered to the $BINTIM system
service.
Problems addressed in the VAXLIBR05_070 kit for OpenVMS VAX V5.5, V5.5-1,
V5.5-2, V5.5-2H4, V5.5-2HF, V5.5-2HW, V6.0, V6.1, V6.2 and V7.0:
o The OpenVMS operating system has a documented delta-time
restriction that may cause an error in some applications and
OpenVMS components beginning on or around 19-MAY-1997. This ECO
corrects this potential problem by removing the delta-time limit.
Applications and OpenVMS components most likely to experience
errors are those that pass delta-time arguments with values
exceeding 9999 days on system-supplied date routines. The most
likely date that these errors will occur is 19-MAY-1997:00:00,
which is 10,000 days after the common UNIX time origin of
1-JAN-1970.
This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V7.1.
Problems addressed in the VAXLIBR02_070 kit for OpenVMS VAX V6.1, V6.2,
and V7.0:
o Heaps that are removed from the heap pending list are only
merged with the most recently returned heap. This can lead to
heap fragmentation (LIB$VM_REALLOC fragmentation).
Problems addressed in the VAXLIBR01_070 kit for OpenVMS VAX V6.1, V6.2,
and V7.0:
o LIB$FID_TO_NAME has been modified to ensure that the use of
very deep directory trees do not result in the call stack
being corrupted.
o The 10,000 day limit in LIB$CVT_TO_INTERNAL_TIME causes
problems for DECthreads since it is using this routine to
convert UNIX times to VAX time. It will fail to work on
19-May-1997.
Problems addressed in the VAXLIBR02_062 kit for OpenVMS V6.1 and V6.2:
o When setting host into a DECnet PhaseV system, the logical name
SYS$REM_NODE is incorrectly set. When the code was originally
written there was no support for node synonyms. The value for
SYS$REM_NODE is currently coming from a NET$K_TAG_COMPRESSEDNAME
request but needs to be set from a NET$K_TAG_NODESYNONYM request.
Problems addressed in the VAXLIBR01_062 kit for OpenVMS V6.2:
o Due to an integer overflow, LIB$CVT_DX_DX returns a status of
00158334 (LIB$_INTOVF) when converting '-2147483648' to quadword.
INSTALLATION NOTES:
In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted. If the system is a member of a VMScluster, the
entire cluster should be rebooted.
NOTE: If you are not running version 5.5-2* and have already installed
the VAXLIBR05_070 remedial kit, you do NOT need to install
VAXLIBR06_070.
This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
European Site
Files on this server are as follows:
vaxlibr06_070.README
vaxlibr06_070.CHKSUM
vaxlibr06_070.CVRLET_TXT
vaxlibr06_070.a-dcx_vaxexe
vaxlibr06_070.b-dcx_vaxexe
vaxlibr06_070.c-dcx_vaxexe
vaxlibr06_070.d-dcx_vaxexe
vaxlibr06_070.e-dcx_vaxexe
vaxlibr06_070.f-dcx_vaxexe
vaxlibr06_070.g-dcx_vaxexe
