Change 17253 by jhi@alpha on 2002/06/15 18:08:06
Subject: [PATCH] README.vms, Multinet fix update
From: "Craig A. Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 14:02:50 -0500
Message-Id: <a05111b12b9313d818599@[172.16.52.1]>
Affected files ...
.... //depot/perl/README.vms#35 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/README.vms#35 (text) ====
Index: perl/README.vms
--- perl/README.vms#34~17104~ Sat Jun 8 11:17:10 2002
+++ perl/README.vms Sat Jun 15 11:08:06 2002
@@ -606,23 +606,23 @@
Multinet TCP/IP stack. The problem was noted in Multinet 4.3A
using either Compaq C 6.5 or DEC C 6.0, and with Multinet 4.2A
using DEC C 5.2, but could easily affect other versions of Multinet.
-A representative of Process Software Inc. has acknowledged a
-bug in the Multinet version of UCX$IPC_SHR for which there is
-an ECO forthcoming. If you see one or more tests in lib/Net/hostent
-fail we recommend that you apply the Multinet ECO when it becomes
-available from:
+Process Software Inc. has acknowledged a bug in the Multinet version
+of UCX$IPC_SHR and has provided an ECO for it. The ECO is called
+UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-010_A044 and is available from:
http://www.multinet.process.com/eco.html
-You may determine the version of Multinet that you are running using
-the command:
+As of this writing, the ECO is only available for Multinet versions
+4.3A and later. You may determine the version of Multinet that you
+are running using the command:
multinet show /version
from the DCL command prompt.
-If you cannot wait for the ECO from Process you might try using
-Perl programming constructs such as:
+If the ECO is unavailable for your version of Multinet and you are
+unable to upgrade, you might try using Perl programming constructs
+such as:
$address = substr($gethostbyname_addr,0,4);
End of Patch.
