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56 Copyright, C Bull HN, 1992^L
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62 Megacalc is a registered trademark of The Mega Group, Inc.
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64 Apple is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
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66 Tektronix is a trademark of Tektronix, Inc.
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68 DEC and VT100 are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
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70 VersaTerm is a trademark applied for by Lonnie R. Abelbeck.
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72 IBM is a registered trademark of the International Business
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75 VisiCalc is a registered trademark of Visicorp, Inc.
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96 Section 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
97 Site Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
98 Document Contents . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
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100 Section 2 Contents of MR12.5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
101 Answering Service . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
102 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
103 Non-Privileged Commands . . . . . . 2-1
104 Privileged Commands . . . . . . . . 2-2
105 Volume Backup and Recovery . . . . 2-3
106 Online Test and Diagnostics . . . . . 2-3
107 Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
108 Hardcore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
109 System Support Software . . . . . . . 2-4
110 Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
111 FORTRAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
112 PL/I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
113 Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
114 System Subroutines . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
115 Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . 2-5
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117 Section 3 TRs Resovled in MR12.5 . . . . . . . . . 3-1
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119 Section 4 FCO and Firmware Status . . . . . . . . . 4-1
120 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
121 Required Firmware Revision Levels . 4-1
122 Field Change Order List . . . . . . . 4-2
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124 Section 5 Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . 5-1
125 Installation Overview . . . . . . . . 5-1
126 Installation Support . . . . . . . . . 5-2
127 Installation Steps . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
128 Step 1: Tape Reload . . . . . . . 5-3
129 Step 2: Hardcore and Executable . 5-3
130 Step 3: Reboot . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
131 Step 4: LDD and Unbundled . . . . 5-4
132 Step 5: Reverting Software . . . . 5-5
133 Step 6: Library Cleanup . . . . . 5-6
134 Installation Exec_coms . . . . . . . . 5-6
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147 Current Multics Documentation Status . A-1
148 12.5 Documentation . . . . . . . . A-1
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150 Appendix B Module Changes for MR12.5 . . . . . . . . B-1
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215 Multics Release 12.5 MR12.5 is a supplemental release and
216 assumes the prior installation of either MR12.3 or MR12.4. That
217 is, the library tapes of MR12.3, a free standing release, must be
218 installed prior to installation of MR12.5. This release MR12.5
219 may also be installed if MR12.4 has already been installed. The
220 MR12.4 release was a supplemental system release dependent upon
221 the prior installation of MR12.3.
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223 This release installs all system changes included in the MR12.4
224 release. Descriptions of the MR12.4 release package and its
225 corresponding installation instructions are not included in this
226 document. The installer should refer to the MR12.4 SRB/SIB for
227 descriptions of the system changes made in that release. The
228 installation of MR12.5 does not require the installation
229 instructions for any previous release.
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231 This document includes descriptions of features included in
232 Multics Release 12.5. Both the SRB and the SIB are combined into
233 this document and instructions for installing MR12.5 are included
234 in Section 5.
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236 Additional documentation, including a list of bugs fixed in
237 MR12.5, is provided with the release tapes as printable segments
238 on the release tapes in the directory >doc>MR12.5.
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240 Software Releases prior to MR12.1 are no longer supported. All
241 sites running pre-MR12.3 software are strongly encouraged to
242 upgrade to MR12.3 as soon as possible, then move to MR12.5.
243 Corrections to critical problems against releases prior to MR12.3
244 will be considered on a case by case basis.
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250 System Representatives who support Multics should apply for
251 registration on the SiteSA project maintained in Calgary on the
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258 The SiteSA project was created to allow sites to communicate with
259 Support personnel on matters of site support. Only System
260 Representatives who support a Multics site are authorized to use
261 the project. They are authorized to use it only for site support
262 activities which require communication of information to support
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265 SiteSAs should maintain their site's info segments in
266 >udd>SiteSA>site_info >udd>ssa>si. Information on maintaining
267 these segments is in the info segment,
268 >udd>ssa>si>site_info.info.
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270 In addition to normal telephone and Multics mail communications
271 with support personnel, SiteSAs are encouraged to use the
272 unusual_crash_log forum meeting to report any unusual problems
273 encountered at their site. SiteSAs not familiar with forum can
274 type "help forum" for usage information. Forum is a subsystem
275 somewhat like the mail system in which an electronic meeting can
276 be held. To invoke forum, type:
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280 Type ? to print a list of requests allowed by forum. Other
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290 We would appreciate that sites, as they complete installation of
291 MR12.5, enter a transaction in the install_instructions ii
292 forum meeting. This will allow other sites to see the amount of
293 exposure the release is receiving and to communicate any problems
294 encountered in the installation procedure.
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296 Support also suggests, very strongly, that SiteSAs DO NOT attempt
297 to reproduce site problems on ACTC which are known to crash the
298 system at their site, cause processors to loop in ring 0, etc.
299 Such problems should be reported via the Trouble Report system,
300 and will be verified by support personnel using appropriate
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317 of a critical nature to a customer site for a definition of
318 critical type: help tr.priorities should be reported to those
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394 A- 1. Updated pnt_fs_util_.pl1 to return the error code
395 error_table_$bad_file_name instead of error_table_$badstar
396 when the name supplied does not end in the "pnt" suffix.
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398 A- 2. The entry point vacate_pdir_volume_ had a bad argument list
399 when it called sys_log_ to say "Specified argument is not
400 supported.". The missing control code has been added to
401 the call to sys_log_.
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403 A- 3. Updated act_ctl_ so that the operator shift command
404 correctly displays the next shift change time.
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406 A- 4. Corrected up_cdt_ to not take pointer faults when
407 installing a new CDT that uses a new multiplexor type for
408 the first time or that changes the line type of a login
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417 B- 1. The header for the list_absentee_request now has the
418 correct total for absentee queue 1 if the user does not
419 have s access to queue 0.
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421 B- 2. The dial_out "wait" request now supports the
422 "-inhibit_error" and "-no_inhibit_error" control arguments.
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425 no longer fails due to insufficient stack space on very
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432 B- 4. The delete command now works on the forum extended object
433 type i.e. dl foo.forum as documented. In the previous
434 release, entering "dl foo.forum" would produce a message
435 stating that the operation was not allowed for a directory.
436 Entering "dd foo.forum" informed the user that "foo.forum"
437 was a forum meeting and that the "dl" command should have
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443 C- 1. The list_extra_personids command will no longer abort when
444 it is run more than once within the same process. In prior
445 releases, when run a second time within the same process,
446 list_extra_personids would print the following error
447 message: "conflict with file attribute...".
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449 C- 2. The set_special_password command will now query the user
450 twice for the password by default or when the -prompt
451 control argument is given.
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453 C- 3. Corrected the spelling of the AS log entry generated for
454 "Denied send_admin_command for USER in ring X" from
455 "sc_admin_comamnd_" to "sc_admin_command_".
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457 C- 4. The send_daemon_command expects the channel then the
458 User.Project after the "login" keyword i.e.
459 send_daemon_command login channel User.Project. If the
460 user reverses the order of the arguments after the "login"
461 keyword, it will now print:
462 send_daemon_command: Specified control argument is
463 not accepted.
464 Usage: send_daemon_command login channel User.Project
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466 C- 5. The as_who command will now correctly indicate a ">" for
467 those users whose grace time has expired and are therefore
468 subject to preemption.
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470 C- 6. Corrected MR12.4 library segments corrupted during tranfer
471 from the ACTC system to System-M for integration. This
472 corrects a problem with using the "send_admin_command"
473 command with the -ntmail option.
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475 C- 7. reconstruct_registry will now properly traverse backwards
476 through the journal chains when rcprm journals have been
477 deleted by some means other than resetting.
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479 C- 8. edit_proj will now allow the deletion of the project alias
480 from the SAT.
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482 C- 9. as_who now reports lack of access to read out of tc_data
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496 D- 1. Corrected retrieve_from_volume to correctly truncate
497 retrieved objects with embedded nulled pages by using the
498 current segment length vtoce.csl and not the number of
499 pages vtoce.records actually stored.
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501 D- 2. Corrected a problem in reload_volume that caused the reload
502 to fail with a fatal error if a tape read error occured
503 while reading an object with embedded nulled pages.
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505 D- 3. Corrected the reload_volume command to display the correct
506 PVIDs and PV names in the error message generated when a
507 PVID mismatch is detected.
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509 D- 4. Fixed reload_volume to properly reload FIPS disk devices
510 when the -disk_model control argument is specified.
511 Previous releases did not compute the number of
512 usable/unusable sectors correctly because the wrong value
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518 E- 1. Corrected an MR12.3 software integration error in
519 deckfile_manager that caused the program to fail.
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521 E- 2. The following changes were made to io_error_summary: Added
522 the -channel -chn control argument to breakdown status
523 counts by device and channel. Corrected the reporting of
524 FIPS disk device statuses. Added the sector number to the
525 diagnostic information provided by the -cylinders -cyl
526 argument. Corrected data bit error counts for tape
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532 F- 1. The header on mailed, unprocessed forum transactions has
533 been updated to reflect the date the transaction was
534 written and the fact that it was unprocessed.
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536 F- 2. Forum will no longer fail after issuing "ls -reverse" for
537 large meetings. The module forum_trans_util_.pl1 has an
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549 transaction that was subsequently deleted. Instead, it
550 will return the highest numbered undeleted transaction
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553 F- 4. Forum will no longer go into an infinite loop with the use
554 of the control arguments -after_time, -before_time and
555 -between_time with a date_time string that is between
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561 G- 1. force_write will now compute the values sst$fw_none and
562 sst$force_pwrites correctly. An uninitialized variable was
563 being used to compute these values.
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568 H- 1. segment_mover will now include disk subvolume names in its
569 messages to the syserr log.
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571 H- 2. The code in mseg_segment_.pl1, responsible for message
572 segment compaction, has been changed to allow the caller to
573 hold the lock during compaction. Prior releases truncated
574 the entire segment, overwriting the lock word with 0.
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576 H- 3. The copy_disk_volume command will not fail with an invalid
577 IOCB error when attempting to copy a 451 disk volume which
578 has no alt partition. Also, the device names for the
579 source and the target are added to the call that prints the
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588 I- 1. The Fortran compiler has been fixed to generate correct
589 code for VLA references if the dimension of a VLA is equal
590 to or greater than the maximum number that fits in a 18 bit
591 halfword 262143.
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593 I- 2. The Fortran compiler has been fixed to be able to
594 consistently diagnose errors when the VLA size is greater
595 than the maximum value. The maximum value is 16.7 million
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608 J- 1. Corrected a problem with the resolution of constant scoping
609 in the PL/I compiler. The PL/I compiler will now resolve
610 references to options constant values used as label
611 subscripts or array extents using proper scoping rules.
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613 J- 2. The PL/I listing generator will no longer generate an
614 out_of_bounds fault when the source portion of a listing
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620 K- 1. The read_mail command has been changed so that it checks
621 for the arrival of new mail after every request line.
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624 replying to a message.
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630 strings that are longer than its internal buffer length of
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679 This section lists those TRs that have been resolved in MR12.5.
680 These TRs are considered closed with this release. Site requests
681 to re-evaluate any of the TRs listed will be considered on a case
682 by case basis.
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684 The textual content of the area and summary fields of the TRs
685 listed have not been changed from that contained in the TR
686 database. Any apparent change will be as a result of the process
687 of composing this document.
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691 Number: phx06801 State: submitted
692 Date Entered: 1980-07-11 Area: read_mail
693 Site: System_M
694 Summary:
695 Read_mail confused over which is the last message.
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697 Number: phx08877 State: submitted
698 Date Entered: 1981-01-09 Area: read_mail rp
699 Site: System_M
700 Summary:
701 Inability of the rp response within read_mail to find a message.
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703 Number: phx10009 State: submitted
704 Date Entered: 1981-05-29 Area: EXL read_mail
705 Site: System_M
706 Summary:
707 Apply request does not take newly-arrived messages into account.
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709 Number: phx14510 State: not_error
710 Date Entered: 1983-01-12 Area: pl1
711 Site: System_M
712 Summary:
713 Pl1 plays funny games with the mix of fixed and asterisk bounds
714 on parameter arrays.
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722 Number: phx15485 State: submitted
723 Date Entered: 1983-06-28 Area: EXL read_mail apply request
724 Site: System_M
725 Summary:
726 Does not honor new mail when "apply l" is given.
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728 Number: phx15695 State: submitted
729 Date Entered: 1983-08-02 Area: PL1 compiler
730 Site: Bell_Toronto
731 Summary:
732 Specification of "-ot" will cause compiler to catch/generate
733 warnings of variables that have been referenced but never set.
734
735 Number: phx15706 State: answered
736 Date Entered: 1983-08-03 Area: pl1 conditions
737 Site: Bell_Toronto
738 Summary:
739 It appears that MR10 is treating conditions differently than MR8
740 used to. Is it possible that there could be extra overhead in
741 MR10, whhich would degrade an applications performance?
742
743 Number: phx16416 State: submitted
744 Date Entered: 1983-11-21 Area: as_who documentation
745 Site: GM
746 Summary:
747 If the user doesn't have access to tc_data the error message is
748 printed only on the first invocation per process.
749
750 Number: phx16417 State: submitted
751 Date Entered: 1983-11-21 Area: as_who documentation headers
752 Site: GM
753 Summary:
754 If the user specifies long output and a name to be searched for,
755 the column headers are not printed.
756
757 Number: phx16625 State: not_error
758 Date Entered: 1983-12-23 Area: documentation
759 Site: AFDSC
760 Summary:
761 None of the r1 2 3 4_io_ gate entries are documented.
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763 Number: phx16637 State: answered
764 Date Entered: 1983-12-31 Area: pl1, assign_
765 Site: System_M
766 Summary:
767 Pl1 and assign_ seem to be at odds to the reference manual for
768 alignment.
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770 Number: phx17399 State: submitted
771 Date Entered: 1984-04-27 Area: video
772 Site: System_M
773 Summary:
774 window_editor_utils_ needs an info seg.
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780 Number: phx17468 State: deferred
781 Date Entered: 1984-05-10 Area: mail_system/reply
782 Site: MIT_ext
783 Summary:
784 The mail_sstem reply request can not reply to mail with a from
785 field of "ORCUTT%EDUCOM".
786
787 Number: phx17497 State: deferred
788 Date Entered: 1984-05-15 Area: read_mail reply
789 Site: MIT
790 Summary:
791 reply should be able to figure out a reply path by following the
792 path the mail took in arriving .
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794 Number: phx18127 State: submitted
795 Date Entered: 1984-08-29 Area: dial_out
796 Site: System_M
797 Summary:
798 The dial_out command can not be used recursively with the
799 -profile control argument.
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801 Number: phx18457 State: deferred
802 Date Entered: 1984-10-31 Area: compose device-writer
803 documentation
804 Site: System_M
805 Summary:
806 The documentation in AZ98-02, sepcifically pages 5-58 .. 5-61,
807 which describe the code fragments and variables, are
808 insufficiently complete to design/write/implement a
809 device-writer.
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811 Number: phx18497 State: submitted
812 Date Entered: 1984-11-09 Area: help command
813 Site: System_M
814 Summary:
815 The help command produces garbage output when encountering a link
816 to a non-existent info segment.
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818 Number: phx18509 State: deferred
819 Date Entered: 1984-11-13 Area: Mail system
820 Site: System_M
821 Summary:
822 -log is always added as a bcc field.
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824 Number: phx18528 State: needs_info
825 Date Entered: 1984-11-17 Area: mail table/PNT
826 Site: MIT_ext
827 Summary:
828 The mail table software does not recognize when two entries are
829 actually the same.
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838 Number: phx18654 State: submitted
839 Date Entered: 1984-12-11 Area: RCPRM
840 Site: AFDSC
841 Summary:
842 reconstruct_registry only works if the rcprm journals begin after
843 the last update to the registry being reconstructed. It should
844 be able to ignore journal entries older than the registry to be
845 reconstructed.
846
847 Number: phx19236 State: deferred
848 Date Entered: 1985-03-28 Area: DOC: forum_.info
849 Site: System_M
850 Summary:
851 missing certain items/incorrect data
852
853 Number: phx19296 State: submitted
854 Date Entered: 1985-04-15 Area: decode_definition_ info
855 segment
856 Site: System_M
857 Summary:
858 The entrypoint decode_definition_$full is missing from the info,
859 even though it is referred to in the text
860
861 Number: phx19307 State: deferred
862 Date Entered: 1985-04-17 Area: read_mail: reply
863 Site: MIT
864 Summary:
865 Read_mail unable to reply to valid message header.
866
867 Number: phx19355 State: deferred
868 Date Entered: 1985-05-02 Area: read_mail "reply"
869 Site: MIT
870 Summary:
871 mail system could not reply to FROM field.
872
873 Number: phx19423 State: deferred
874 Date Entered: 1985-05-22 Area: RCPRM
875 Site: System_M
876 Summary:
877 Unable to reproduce this problem.
878
879 Number: phx19470 State: deferred
880 Date Entered: 1985-06-05 Area: rdm 'reply'
881 Site: MIT
882 Summary:
883 Why can't or shouldn't 'reply' construct a reply address from
884 the 'Route:' field or from 'Delivery-xx:' if 'Route:' is not
885 present?
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-4 SRB12.5^L
894
895
896 Number: phx19487 State: submitted
897 Date Entered: 1985-06-10 Area: io_error_summary
898 Site: System_M
899 Summary:
900 io_error_summary gets the channel and MPC wrong.
901
902 Number: phx19640 State: submitted
903 Date Entered: 1985-08-02 Area: dial_out -8bit
904 Site: System_M
905 Summary:
906 The dial_out command does not use the 'force' mode when it
907 attempts to set '8bit' mode.
908
909 Number: phx19654 State: deferred
910 Date Entered: 1985-08-09 Area: rcprm
911 Site: AFDSC
912 Summary:
913 In MR11.0, given a tape_vol with potential access class of
914 system_low:system_high, users logged on at an authorization above
915 system_low cannot acquire it with the command: "aqr tape_vol -nb
916 1"
917
918 Number: phx19734 State: submitted
919 Date Entered: 1985-09-03 Area: format_document_
920 Site: Site_N
921 Summary:
922 The format_document_ subroutine mishandles input strings which
923 contain lines that are longer than the internal buffer length
924 256 characters.
925
926 Number: phx19749 State: submitted
927 Date Entered: 1985-09-10 Area: Tools
928 Site: System_M
929 Summary:
930 Minor improvement to io_error_summary
931
932 Number: phx19791 State: submitted
933 Date Entered: 1985-09-24 Area: send_daemon_command
934 Site: System_M
935 Summary:
936 Confusing error message.
937
938 Number: phx19799 State: limitation
939 Date Entered: 1985-09-26 Area: RCP and Answering Service
940 Site: AFDSC
941 Summary:
942 Many absentees entered with -resource can cause Initializer to be
943 so busy checking on resources that little else gets done.
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-5 SRB12.5^L
952
953
954 Number: phx19821 State: submitted
955 Date Entered: 1985-10-06 Area: io_error_summary.pl1
956 Site: Site_N
957 Summary:
958 The io_error_summary program bungles the reporting of the tracks
959 where data bit errors occurred.
960
961 Number: phx19867 State: submitted
962 Date Entered: 1985-10-24 Area: install
963 Site: System_M
964 Summary:
965 up_cdt_ fails with null pointer fault when a new multiplexer is
966 added to the cdt
967
968 Number: phx19913 State: not_error
969 Date Entered: 1985-11-14 Area: forum
970 Site: System_M
971 Summary:
972 allowed set of chairman to Person.*, then refused to cooperate
973 later
974
975 Number: phx20018 State: deferred
976 Date Entered: 1986-01-02 Area: rcp_tape_survey_
977 Site: System_M
978 Summary:
979 Creates IO to tape handler which will cause Initilizer to go
980 blocked if tape controller has been suspended.
981
982 Number: phx20023 State: deferred
983 Date Entered: 1986-01-03 Area: video
984 Site: UC
985 Summary:
986 Can leave ips signals masked.
987
988 Number: phx20047 State: submitted
989 Date Entered: 1986-01-15 Area: sc_admin_command_
990 Site: System_M
991 Summary:
992 The AS log entry generated for "Denied send_admin_command for
993 USER in ring X" misidentifies itself as "sc_admin_command_".
994
995 Number: phx20277 State: submitted
996 Date Entered: 1986-04-11 Area: CMF Access Checking Default
997 Site: UC
998 Summary:
999 Default for Check_acs is not "priv_attach,dial_out" as stated on
1000 in CC75.
1001
1002 Number: phx20350 State: submitted
1003 Date Entered: 1986-05-19 Area: answering service - general
1004 Site: RAE
1005 Summary:
1006 as_who incorrectly interprets preemption .
1007
1008
1009 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-6 SRB12.5^L
1010
1011
1012 Number: phx20444 State: submitted
1013 Date Entered: 1986-07-13 Area: ftp_dialup_
1014 answering service
1015 Site: Site_N
1016 Summary:
1017 Bug in ftp_dialup_ will cause "ftp_dialup_: Program error: null
1018 atpe with per-process tra_vec value" messages when mail is tried
1019 and no ARPANET_mail dial qualifier is valid.
1020
1021 Number: phx20445 State: submitted
1022 Date Entered: 1986-07-13 Area: ftp_dialup_
1023 answering service
1024 Site: Site_N
1025 Summary:
1026 Bug in ftp_dialup_ can cause null pointer faults.
1027
1028 Number: phx20452 State: deferred
1029 Date Entered: 1986-07-16 Area: megacalc
1030 Site: DODCSC
1031 Summary:
1032 The megacalc documentation intermixes upper and lower case for
1033 its commands, giving one the feeling that it's case insensative.
1034
1035 Number: phx20517 State: submitted
1036 Date Entered: 1986-08-29 Area: list_abs_request
1037 Site: System_M
1038 Summary:
1039 Header has a garbage total if the user has s access to absentee
1040 queue 1 but no s access to queue 0.
1041
1042 Number: phx20569 State: submitted
1043 Date Entered: 1986-09-18 Area: AK51-02
1044 Site: System_M
1045 Summary:
1046 Doesn't describe some PMF parameters very well.
1047
1048 Number: phx20578 State: submitted
1049 Date Entered: 1986-09-26 Area: forum apply request
1050 Site: Site_N
1051 Summary:
1052 When beginning a transaction with the "apply emacs" request,
1053 forum fumbles the the meeting name in the "Transaction 0XXX
1054 entered in ... meeting." message.
1055
1056 Number: phx20579 State: submitted
1057 Date Entered: 1986-09-26 Area: forum "apply -nfi" request
1058 Site: Site_N
1059 Summary:
1060 When using "apply -nfi emacs" to begin a transaction, forum does
1061 not prompt for a subject, reads the current transaction into
1062 emacs, and just doesn't work.
1063
1064
1065
1066
1067 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-7 SRB12.5^L
1068
1069
1070 Number: phx20626 State: submitted
1071 Date Entered: 1986-10-21 Area: PNT extended object type
1072 Site: System_M
1073 Summary:
1074 If a name which does not end in the ".pnt" suffix is supplied as
1075 an argument, the error code error_table_$badstar is returned
1076 rather than a more informative code.
1077
1078 Number: phx20665 State: submitted
1079 Date Entered: 1986-11-12 Area: documentation
1080 Site: System_M
1081 Summary:
1082 In AM83, the pl1 reference guide, page 15-9, "string value"
1083 should be "stringvalue" no space in FILE DESCRIPTIONS diagram.
1084
1085 Number: phx20681 State: deferred
1086 Date Entered: 1986-11-20 Area: Emacs manual
1087 Site: System_M
1088 Summary:
1089 The index is missing many important entries.
1090
1091 Number: phx20713 State: submitted
1092 Date Entered: 1986-12-08 Area: system administration tools
1093 Site: DND-H
1094 Summary:
1095 set_special_password does not query the user twice for the
1096 password either by default or when the control argument -prompt
1097 is given.
1098
1099 Number: phx20785 State: submitted
1100 Date Entered: 1987-02-20 Area: dcdsm
1101 Site: System_M
1102 Summary:
1103 No help info segment for dcdsm.
1104
1105 Number: phx20787 State: submitted
1106 Date Entered: 1987-02-24 Area: Answering Service
1107 Site: RADC
1108 Summary:
1109 During a shift change or a "maxu auto" the system will log
1110 messages to the effect that the MGT is damaged when it is really
1111 not.
1112
1113 Number: phx20788 State: deferred
1114 Date Entered: 1987-02-24 Area: .
1115 Site: System_M
1116 Summary:
1117 The Multics Communications Administration manual CC75-02 MR11.0
1118 dated February 1985.
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123
1124
1125 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-8 SRB12.5^L
1126
1127
1128 Number: phx20810 State: submitted
1129 Date Entered: 1987-03-11 Area: forum
1130 Site: Ford
1131 Summary:
1132 list active request does not honor -inhibit_error
1133
1134 Number: phx20812 State: submitted
1135 Date Entered: 1987-03-19 Area: documentation for "psl"
1136 Site: System_M
1137 Summary:
1138 "psl.info" refers to "-single" control argument, which is not
1139 implemented.
1140
1141 Number: phx20814 State: submitted
1142 Date Entered: 1987-03-20 Area: run
1143 Site: RAE
1144 Summary:
1145 When a run -ec xx terminates due to a fortran end statement, due
1146 to the mode of signalling the end_run the user environment can be
1147 disrupted or destroyed.
1148
1149 Number: phx20828 State: submitted
1150 Date Entered: 1987-03-27 Area: enter_output_request
1151 Site: System_M
1152 Summary:
1153 IN THE VERSION CURRENTLY ON BCO BILLERICA, the default info
1154 promised in the help segment does not appear.
1155
1156 Number: phx20865 State: submitted
1157 Date Entered: 1987-05-05 Area: info segs
1158 Site: System_M
1159 Summary:
1160 forum.info does not document -auto_write.
1161
1162 Number: phx20878 State: submitted
1163 Date Entered: 1987-05-29 Area: Forum User's Guide CY74-02
1164 Site: System_M
1165 Summary:
1166 The description of the "reply" request doesn't give a complete
1167 explanation of replying in another meeting i.e. with the use of
1168 the "-meeting" control argument.
1169
1170 Number: phx20886 State: submitted
1171 Date Entered: 1987-06-05 Area: list_extra_personids
1172 Site: Bell_Montreal
1173 Summary:
1174 When this command is run more then once within the same logon,
1175 list_extra_personids aborts with the message: conflict with file
1176 attribute....
1177
1178
1179
1180
1181
1182
1183 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-9 SRB12.5^L
1184
1185
1186 Number: phx20898 State: submitted
1187 Date Entered: 1987-06-20 Area: forum
1188 Site: System_M
1189 Summary:
1190 I got the error message "The specified transaction index does not
1191 exist. Transaction not entered." when I feel no user error
1192 had been made.
1193
1194 Number: phx20899 State: submitted
1195 Date Entered: 1987-06-20 Area: forum
1196 Site: System_M
1197 Summary:
1198 All the transactions that I entered into meeting ONE from meeting
1199 TWO i.e. with the forum request "reply <trans> -mtg ONE" while
1200 I was attending meeting TWO got chained together - even though
1201 the transactions to which I was replying in meeting TWO were
1202 not in the same chain.
1203
1204 Number: phx20943 State: submitted
1205 Date Entered: 1987-08-06 Area: Documentation:
1206 processor manual
1207 Site: System_M
1208 Summary:
1209 Typos in the Multics processor manual.
1210
1211 Number: phx20946 State: submitted
1212 Date Entered: 1987-08-08 Area: forum
1213 Site: System_M
1214 Summary:
1215 Bad header on mailed, unprocessed transactions.
1216
1217 Number: phx20978 State: submitted
1218 Date Entered: 1987-09-08 Area: deckfile_manager
1219 Site: System_M
1220 Summary:
1221 Attempting to merge tandd_deck_files after deleting firmware
1222 modules results in errors attempting to find the deleted
1223 firmware.
1224
1225 Number: phx21021 State: submitted
1226 Date Entered: 1987-11-27 Area: process creation, nothing/tty_
1227 Site: SJU
1228 Summary:
1229 Creating a file in the home directory called "nothing" prevents
1230 further login's because tty_ uses the "nothing" command as a
1231 subroutine.
1232
1233
1234
1235
1236
1237
1238
1239
1240
1241 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-10 SRB12.5^L
1242
1243
1244 Number: phx21031 State: submitted
1245 Date Entered: 1987-12-04 Area: documentation AMOC password
1246 locking
1247 Site: SJU
1248 Summary:
1249 Turning pnte flag "lock" on causes immediate bumping of user;
1250 this is change made sometime after MR10.2, and is not documented
1251 in GB64.
1252
1253 Number: phx21039 State: submitted
1254 Date Entered: 1987-12-15 Area: video
1255 Site: RAE
1256 Summary:
1257 wdc guch/ wdc gech are inconsistent with each other
1258
1259 Number: phx21045 State: submitted
1260 Date Entered: 1987-12-21 Area: run units
1261 Site: RAE
1262 Summary:
1263 1. run units execute inconsistenly if they contain a fortran
1264 program. 2. the documentation covering run units with Fortran
1265 programs is inadequate .
1266
1267 Number: phx21050 State: submitted
1268 Date Entered: 1988-01-05 Area: documentation of user command
1269 Site: SJU
1270 Summary:
1271 The "cutoff_date" argument to the "user" command is not
1272 documented in the info file or in C&AF.
1273
1274 Number: phx21172 State: submitted
1275 Date Entered: 1988-06-09 Area: date_time_.info
1276 Site: System_M
1277 Summary:
1278 Documentation for date_time_$from_clock_interval refers to the
1279 nonexistent include file time_offsets.incl.pl1.
1280
1281 Number: phx21202 State: submitted
1282 Date Entered: 1988-08-28 Area: add_name
1283 Site: System_M
1284 Summary:
1285 Says "This operation not allowed for a segment" when adding a
1286 name to a forum meeting which is the only remaining name of
1287 another forum in the same directory i.e. when the other forum
1288 should be deleted.
1289
1290 Number: phx21246 State: submitted
1291 Date Entered: 1989-01-10 Area: force_write
1292 Site: Site_N
1293 Summary:
1294 forced_page_writes is not adding correctly.
1295
1296
1297
1298
1299 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-11 SRB12.5^L
1300
1301
1302 Number: phx21253 State: deferred
1303 Date Entered: 1989-01-26 Area: probe - C
1304 Site: System_M
1305 Summary:
1306 Probe ignores subscript referencing for arrays which are
1307 enumerated types.
1308
1309 Number: phx21254 State: not_error
1310 Date Entered: 1989-01-27 Area: tolts
1311 Site: System_M
1312 Summary:
1313 The template for the test mdciccddoooo test command is wrong in
1314 MR12.1, was ok in mr11. The new module thinks it is a test
1315 mdciccoooo format.
1316
1317 Number: phx21264 State: deferred
1318 Date Entered: 1989-02-08 Area: C language
1319 Site: System_M
1320 Summary:
1321 Inconsistent rightshift. Unsigned types of char, short, and int
1322 use logical rightshift, which makes sense, while unsigned long
1323 uses arithmetic, which does not.
1324
1325 Number: phx21270 State: submitted
1326 Date Entered: 1989-03-02 Area: rldr_label_
1327 Site: INRA
1328 Summary:
1329 rldr_label_ output erroneous value in error message
1330
1331 Number: phx21275 State: submitted
1332 Date Entered: 1989-03-21 Area: forum
1333 Site: System_M
1334 Summary:
1335 When in forum in a meeting with "lots" of transactions, doing a
1336 ls with the -reverse control argument will cause a blow up.
1337
1338 Number: phx21276 State: submitted
1339 Date Entered: 1989-03-23 Area: documentation
1340 Site: System_M
1341 Summary:
1342 errata.cj52.info contains compose controls.
1343
1344 Number: phx21281 State: submitted
1345 Date Entered: 1989-04-17 Area: generate_mst
1346 Site: IN
1347 Summary:
1348 The generate_mst command does not detach and unload tapes.
1349
1350 Number: phx21284 State: submitted
1351 Date Entered: 1989-04-20 Area: pl/1 compiler
1352 Site: NWGS
1353 Summary:
1354 out_of_bounds on listing
1355
1356
1357 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-12 SRB12.5^L
1358
1359
1360 Number: phx21291 State: submitted
1361 Date Entered: 1989-05-10 Area: deckfile_manager dfm
1362 Site: IN
1363 Summary:
1364 Several bugs in dfm.
1365
1366 Number: phx21295 State: submitted
1367 Date Entered: 1989-05-18 Area: AG92 Documentation
1368 Site: System_M
1369 Summary:
1370 Description of status command control arguments -author and
1371 -bit_count_author essentially duplicate each other.
1372
1373 Number: phx21296 State: not_error
1374 Date Entered: 1989-05-23 Area: MRDS
1375 Site: DAC
1376 Summary:
1377 Selection expressions do not always select the correct data.
1378
1379 Number: phx21301 State: deferred
1380 Date Entered: 1989-06-15 Area: any_to_any_
1381 Site: System_M
1382 Summary:
1383 Conversion of a character string to floating point binary fails
1384 when the character string represents a negative binary floating
1385 point value such as "-1.1e+0b".
1386
1387 Number: phx21303 State: submitted
1388 Date Entered: 1989-06-16 Area: segment_mover.pl1
1389 Site: Ford
1390 Summary:
1391 segment_mover should specify subvolumes when applicable in its
1392 syserr messages.
1393
1394 Number: phx21304 State: submitted
1395 Date Entered: 1989-06-21 Area: edit_proj
1396 Site: Ford
1397 Summary:
1398 Project aliases cannot be removed once added.
1399
1400 Number: phx21306 State: deferred
1401 Date Entered: 1989-07-19 Area: pl1 compiler
1402 Site: System_M
1403 Summary:
1404 The "atan" builtin doesn't work when passed a complex value as an
1405 argument.
1406
1407 Number: phx21308 State: deferred
1408 Date Entered: 1989-08-03 Area: pl1 compiler
1409 Site: System_M
1410 Summary:
1411 Comparison of constant label array elements doesn't work.
1412
1413
1414
1415 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-13 SRB12.5^L
1416
1417
1418 Number: phx21310 State: deferred
1419 Date Entered: 1989-08-14 Area: pl1 compiler
1420 Site: System_M
1421 Summary:
1422 There are lots of problems with complex fixed, decimal and
1423 picture data types.
1424
1425 Number: phx21315 State: deferred
1426 Date Entered: 1989-10-12 Area: C compiler
1427 Site: System_M
1428 Summary:
1429 'Translation failed' message while compiling
1430
1431 Number: phx21317 State: not_error
1432 Date Entered: 1989-11-03 Area: azm
1433 Site: System_M
1434 Summary:
1435 azm does not default to pds on am, but does on hregs, creating
1436 confusion. defaults on all commands should be consistent.
1437
1438 Number: phx21318 State: not_error
1439 Date Entered: 1989-11-03 Area: azm
1440 Site: ENWGS_SDF
1441 Summary:
1442 azm display does not work properly for hardcore not in dump/ not
1443 online.
1444
1445 Number: phx21319 State: not_error
1446 Date Entered: 1989-11-06 Area: azm
1447 Site: System_M
1448 Summary:
1449 hregs command reuses au data invalidly in threading process and
1450 does not give all the available cu and ou data.
1451
1452 Number: phx21324 State: submitted
1453 Date Entered: 1989-12-11 Area: manage_volume_pool
1454 Site: RAE
1455 Summary:
1456 manage_volume_pool mvp can run out of stack space when used as an
1457 active function to get the total of a large pool. string mvp l
1458 -tt
1459
1460 Number: phx21325 State: submitted
1461 Date Entered: 1989-12-14 Area: deckfile_manager dfm
1462 Site: RAE
1463 Summary:
1464 Bad code causes faulty attach description in dfm_ get_files
1465 line 1425. Causes reel_name and -write to be concatenated for
1466 copy attach.
1467
1468
1469
1470
1471
1472
1473 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-14 SRB12.5^L
1474
1475
1476 Number: phx21326 State: deferred
1477 Date Entered: 1989-12-15 Area: DSA Network Itself or
1478 Multics DSA
1479 Site: System_M
1480 Summary:
1481 Asynchronous messages, e.g., from the printer daemon, seem to
1482 confuse DSA so that it ignores my terminal input. It appears
1483 that DSA is waiting for something from Multics before it will
1484 logically turn my line around.
1485
1486 Number: phx21327 State: submitted
1487 Date Entered: 1989-12-18 Area: copy command
1488 Site: Cardiff
1489 Summary:
1490 copy command gets bogus quota fault copying a MSF which contains
1491 nulled pages.
1492
1493 Number: phx21332 State: deferred
1494 Date Entered: 1989-12-18 Area: C Compiler
1495 Site: Site_N
1496 Summary:
1497 The C compiler spits out bogus program name when displaying
1498 warnings.
1499
1500 Number: phx21334 State: not_error
1501 Date Entered: 1990-01-04 Area: STTY Command
1502 Site: System_M
1503 Summary:
1504 The -TTP control arg is BROKEN
1505
1506 Number: phx21335 State: submitted
1507 Date Entered: 1990-01-11 Area: xmail
1508 Site: RAE
1509 Summary:
1510 implementation of SCP6385 does not set the reply-to field on a
1511 reply .
1512
1513 Number: phx21336 State: submitted
1514 Date Entered: 1990-01-16 Area: deckfile_manager
1515 Site: Site_N
1516 Summary:
1517 The variable att_desc is not large enough.
1518
1519 Number: phx21341 State: submitted
1520 Date Entered: 1990-03-29 Area: PL/1 compiler
1521 Site: System_M
1522 Summary:
1523 The PL/1 compiler flags a syntax error when it encounters a
1524 reference to what should be a valid internal optionsconstant
1525 value.
1526
1527
1528
1529
1530
1531 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-15 SRB12.5^L
1532
1533
1534 Number: phx21342 State: deferred
1535 Date Entered: 1990-03-29 Area: communications
1536 Site: System_M
1537 Summary:
1538 Messages from as_error_table_, i. e., This is your second login
1539 do not comply with the FTP protocol in TCP/IP.
1540
1541 Number: phx21344 State: submitted
1542 Date Entered: 1990-05-28 Area: answering service
1543 Site: System_M
1544 Summary:
1545 The shift operator command doesn't always display the correct
1546 next shift change time.
1547
1548 Number: phx21361 State: deferred
1549 Date Entered: 1990-10-23 Area: Communications and telnet
1550 Site: System_M
1551 Summary:
1552 logging in via telnet and attempting to change password via -cpw
1553 generated some unfavorable interactions with attempts by Multics
1554 to turn off password printing so that login attempts all failed.
1555
1556 Number: phx21362 State: deferred
1557 Date Entered: 1990-10-24 Area: cobol
1558 Site: RAE
1559 Summary:
1560 Compiler gets an OOB on user stack due to the use of a null
1561 pointer as a string length parameter.
1562
1563 Number: phx21363 State: deferred
1564 Date Entered: 1990-11-07 Area: COBOL
1565 Site: UC
1566 Summary:
1567 Compilation errors using MR12.3 version 5.4 COBOL
1568
1569 Number: phx21364 State: submitted
1570 Date Entered: 1990-11-19 Area: Documentation
1571 Site: System_M
1572 Summary:
1573 Incorrect documentation for ask_ subroutine.
1574
1575 Number: phx21365 State: submitted
1576 Date Entered: 1990-11-19 Area: Documentation
1577 Site: System_M
1578 Summary:
1579 Incorrect documentation for date_time_ subroutine.
1580
1581 Number: phx21366 State: submitted
1582 Date Entered: 1990-11-19 Area: Documentation
1583 Site: System_M
1584 Summary:
1585 Missing info segment for get_equal_name_ subroutine.
1586
1587
1588
1589 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-16 SRB12.5^L
1590
1591
1592 Number: phx21367 State: not_error
1593 Date Entered: 1990-11-28 Area: Documentation
1594 Site: System_M
1595 Summary:
1596 Inconsistent documentation for obsolete hcs_ entrypoints.
1597
1598 Number: phx21368 State: deferred
1599 Date Entered: 1990-12-02 Area: telnet
1600 Site: System_M
1601 Summary:
1602 Cannot change passwords when using a telnet connection.
1603
1604 Number: phx21369 State: not_error
1605 Date Entered: 1990-12-02 Area: external SMTP mail to multics
1606 Site: System_M
1607 Summary:
1608 mail from external SMTP agent to multics users appends " at
1609 system-m" to the person_id. This is very annoying especially if
1610 large copy list of multics users. Why can't it just simply be
1611 'person_id' ?
1612
1613 Number: phx21370 State: deferred
1614 Date Entered: 1990-12-17 Area: send_mail header requests
1615 Site: System_M
1616 Summary:
1617 send_mail should not allow the user to add the same address to
1618 the To or CC field multiple times.
1619
1620 Number: phx21371 State: deferred
1621 Date Entered: 1990-12-17 Area: ftp
1622 Site: System_M
1623 Summary:
1624 The "ls" request when the target system is a Multics system gives
1625 the user an error message; The requested action was not
1626 performed. Error listing working directory.
1627
1628 Number: phx21372 State: submitted
1629 Date Entered: 1991-01-18 Area: pdir_volume_manager_
1630 Site: RAE
1631 Summary:
1632 Bad arg list for call to sys_log_ causes asdumps etc.
1633
1634 Number: phx21373 State: deferred
1635 Date Entered: 1991-01-21 Area: read_mail
1636 Site: ACTC
1637 Summary:
1638 When parsing messages in the mailbox, the mail system will use
1639 the Message-ID of the original message for any redistributions
1640 rather than the appropriate Redistributed-Message-ID field.
1641
1642
1643
1644
1645
1646
1647 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-17 SRB12.5^L
1648
1649
1650 Number: phx21374 State: needs_info
1651 Date Entered: 1991-01-22 Area: bound_exec_com_
1652 Site: Cardiff
1653 Summary:
1654 ec clobbers its stack during expansion of large active functions
1655 etc.
1656
1657 Number: phx21375 State: submitted
1658 Date Entered: 1991-01-23 Area: Forum
1659 Site: System_M
1660 Summary:
1661 When first entering forum, "current" does not always be set
1662 correctly.
1663
1664 Number: phx21376 State: submitted
1665 Date Entered: 1991-01-24 Area: Forum
1666 Site: System_M
1667 Summary:
1668 The forum delete request's handling of setting of the current
1669 transaction is inconsistent with that of the rdm delete request.
1670
1671 Number: phx21377 State: submitted
1672 Date Entered: 1991-01-24 Area: Forum
1673 Site: System_M
1674 Summary:
1675 The trans returned by the "c" request should always be the same
1676 as that which is returned when "c" is used as an argument to a
1677 request.
1678
1679 Number: phx21378 State: limitation
1680 Date Entered: 1991-05-14 Area: MTU8200 tape drives
1681 Site: Ford
1682 Summary:
1683 If the request to unload a tape is sent while the tape is
1684 rewinding, the request is lost. A subsequent mount request will
1685 try to read the same tape and request authentication from the
1686 operators.
1687
1688 Number: phx21379 State: submitted
1689 Date Entered: 1991-05-22 Area: FORTRAN
1690 Site: UC
1691 Summary:
1692 Bad code generated for VLA Very Large Array reference .
1693
1694 Number: phx21380 State: submitted
1695 Date Entered: 1991-06-25 Area: new_user command
1696 documentation
1697 Site: System_M
1698 Summary:
1699 The revalidate operation of the new_user command found in
1700 GB64-00B is misformatted. This leads the reader to believe that
1701 it is a flag not an operation.
1702
1703
1704
1705 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-18 SRB12.5^L
1706
1707
1708 Number: phx21381 State: submitted
1709 Date Entered: 1991-07-19 Area: dial_out
1710 Site: System_M
1711 Summary:
1712 dial_out_ doesn't completely initialize its variables and doesn't
1713 limit the processing of buffers to the valid portion.
1714
1715 Number: phx21382 State: submitted
1716 Date Entered: 1991-07-29 Area: Fortran Compiler
1717 Site: System_M
1718 Summary:
1719 If the total size of a Fortran VLA is greater than 2**24, ER136
1720 should be displayed consistantly during compile time.
1721
1722 Number: phx21383 State: submitted
1723 Date Entered: 1991-08-15 Area: Documentation
1724 Site: System_M
1725 Summary:
1726 The info segment for cv_integer_string_ &
1727 cv_integer_string_check_ incorrectly declare the return argument
1728 as fixed bin71. The actual precision of the return value is
1729 fixed bin35.
1730
1731 Number: phx21384 State: submitted
1732 Date Entered: 1991-08-20 Area: dial_out
1733 Site: System_M
1734 Summary:
1735 dial_out doesn't properly reset its timers when aborted.
1736
1737 Number: phx21385 State: submitted
1738 Date Entered: 1991-08-20 Area: dial_out wait request
1739 Site: System_M
1740 Summary:
1741 The dial_out 'wait' request should support the '-inhibit_error'
1742 control argument to facilitate its use as an active function when
1743 a timeout interval was specified.
1744
1745 Number: phx21386 State: submitted
1746 Date Entered: 1991-09-06 Area: Forum
1747 Site: System_M
1748 Summary:
1749 Bad long summary on unprocessed transactions.
1750
1751 Number: phx21387 State: submitted
1752 Date Entered: 1991-09-24 Area: MR12.4 release libraries
1753 Site: System_M
1754 Summary:
1755 Segment corruption in various parts of the MR12.4 release can
1756 cause the Initializer to enter an error asdump loop that requires
1757 an execute fault crash to recover the system. In particular, sac
1758 -ntmail xxx will hang the Initializer.
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-19 SRB12.5^L
1764
1765
1766 Number: phx21388 State: submitted
1767 Date Entered: 1991-09-30 Area: volume retrievals
1768 Site: GM
1769 Summary:
1770 There appears to be a problem with volume retrievals of one of
1771 our customers msf vfiles. Upon retrieval the vfile msf header is
1772 always left damaged.
1773
1774 Number: phx21389 State: submitted
1775 Date Entered: 1991-11-13 Area: Volume Reloader
1776 Site: System_M
1777 Summary:
1778 If reload_volume encounters a error in reloading an object from
1779 tape, a fatal error may occur when it attempts to deposit unused
1780 pages previously withdrawn for the object.
1781
1782 Number: phx21390 State: submitted
1783 Date Entered: 1992-05-11 Area: copy_disk_volume.pl1
1784 Site: RAE
1785 Summary:
1786 There is a bug in the ioa_ args at line 282-284 where the error
1787 summary is printed.
1788
1789 Number: phx21391 State: submitted
1790 Date Entered: 1992-05-13 Area: message_segment_
1791 Site: DODCSC
1792 Summary:
1793 During message segment compaction, the message segment gets
1794 truncated to a length of 0. This action overwrites the lockword
1795 held by the calling process.
1796
1797 Number: phx21392 State: submitted
1798 Date Entered: 1992-05-20 Area: extended objects
1799 Site: System_M
1800 Summary:
1801 delete no longer functions for the "forum" extended object type.
1802
1803 Number: phx21393 State: submitted
1804 Date Entered: 1992-06-09 Area: format_document_
1805 Site: DODCSC
1806 Summary:
1807 Loss of character when input file has line greater than 512
1808 characters.
1809
1810 Number: phx21394 State: submitted
1811 Date Entered: 1992-07-02 Area: copy_disk_volume
1812 Site: DODCSC
1813 Summary:
1814 When attempting to copy a 451 which has no alt partition,
1815 copy_disk_volume fails to open the source io switch correctly.
1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-20 SRB12.5^L
1822
1823
1824 Number: phx21395 State: submitted
1825 Date Entered: 1992-07-09 Area: Commands
1826 Site: DODCSC
1827 Summary:
1828 format_document_ generates a new line when the input line has
1829 spaces at position 257,258 and 259.
1830
1831 Number: phx21396 State: submitted
1832 Date Entered: 1992-07-28 Area: forum_trans_mgr_
1833 Site: DODCSC
1834 Summary:
1835 Any date_time string which is between forum transaction blocks
1836 will cause forum_trans_mgr_ to go into an infinite loop.
1837
1838 Number: phx21397 State: submitted
1839 Date Entered: 1992-08-12 Area: Forum
1840 Site: System_M
1841 Summary:
1842 The value of current is not set when first attending a forum, and
1843 not all possible commands from that point execute the code to set
1844 it.
1845
1846 Number: phx21398 State: submitted
1847 Date Entered: 1992-08-12 Area: Answering Service CDT
1848 installation
1849 Site: ACTC
1850 Summary:
1851 Attempting to install a CDT which changes the line_type of a
1852 channel that is not assigned to a user process causes an asdump
1853 due to a null pointer being passed by up_cdt_.
1854
1855 Number: phx21399 State: submitted
1856 Date Entered: 1992-09-04 Area: io_error_summary
1857 Site: System_M
1858 Summary:
1859 io_error_summary displays an incorrect message for the
1860 usage/error stat overflow status for FIPS devices.
1861
1862 Number: phx21400 State: submitted
1863 Date Entered: 1992-09-14 Area: backup systems
1864 volume reloader
1865 Site: Ford
1866 Summary:
1867 When reloading a volume on a FIPS device, the number of usable
1868 sectors is not calculated correctly if -disk_model is specified.
1869 This miscalculation causes the volume to be loaded incorrectly.
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879 TRs Resolved in MR12.5 3-21 SRB12.5^L
1880
1881
1882 Number: phx21401 State: submitted
1883 Date Entered: 1992-09-21 Area: deckfile_manager TandD
1884 Site: ACTC
1885 Summary:
1886 The MR12.3 and MR12.4 versions of deckfile_manager fail during
1887 initialization due an software intergration error. As a result,
1888 deckfile_manager is unusable as released.
1889
1890 Number: phx21402 State: submitted
1891 Date Entered: 1992-09-29 Area: forum
1892 Site: System_M
1893 Summary:
1894 The installation of forum 2.15 on 92-September-28 lists forum
1895 meetings without new tranactions when the forum_check_meetings
1896 -ls command is issued.
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937 Firmware Status 3-22 SRB12.5^L
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947 SECTION 4
1948
1949
1950 FCO AND FIRMWARE STATUS
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955 _^HF_^HI_^HR_^HM_^HW_^HA_^HR_^HE
1956
1957 The firmware identification for MR12.5 is "IFAD D.6". There are
1958 no changes to the firmware relative to MR12.4. The IFAD tape was
1959 shipped with the MR12.4 release and will not be shipped with
1960 MR12.5.
1961
1962 T&D Test and Diagnostic tapes are distributed to all sites with
1963 valid Field Engineering Hardware Maintenance contracts. The T&D
1964 tape is distributed as FCO PHAFGA888, rev. B.2.
1965
1966 This version of IFAD, firmware and T&D modules have been tested
1967 and exposed on System M in Phoenix. The modules are supplied as
1968 part of the MR12.5 release and can be found in >ldd>firmware as
1969 part of the LDD_STANDARD tape set. When subsequent IFAD tapes
1970 become available, it is recommended that the site use the
1971 deckfile_manager, dfm, command to load the released IFAD tape
1972 into >system_library_tandd. The firmware modules should then be
1973 moved to >ldd>firmware and a new MST tape should be generated
1974 using generate_mst.
1975
1976
1977 _^HR_^He_^Hq_^Hu_^Hi_^Hr_^He_^Hd _^HF_^Hi_^Hr_^Hm_^Hw_^Ha_^Hr_^He _^HR_^He_^Hv_^Hi_^Hs_^Hi_^Ho_^Hn _^HL_^He_^Hv_^He_^Hl_^Hs
1978
1979 The MR12.5 release requires the following firmware revision
1980 levels.
1981
1982
1983 Disc: DSC191 -- V1
1984 DSC500 -- Y1
1985 MSP800 -- L1
1986
1987 Tape: MTC0500 -- V1
1988 MTP0601 -- T1
1989 MTP0610 -- C2
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995 Firmware Status 4-1 SRB12.5^L
1996
1997
1998 Unit Record: Common -- A2
1999 Reader/Punch -- B2
2000 PRU1200/1600 -- M1
2001
2002
2003 _^HF_^HI_^HE_^HL_^HD _^HC_^HH_^HA_^HN_^HG_^HE _^HO_^HR_^HD_^HE_^HR _^HL_^HI_^HS_^HT
2004
2005 The following list of FCOs should be thought of as a continuation
2006 of the similar list for MR12.3. This list is unchanged from
2007 MR12.4. Sites that are upgrading from MR12.3 will need to verify
2008 that FCOs for that release have been installed. Sites uprading
2009 from MR12.4 should have already installed the FCOs listed.
2010 However, such sites should verify that these changes have been
2011 installed.
2012
2013 As FCOs are completed in Phoenix, they are sent out to the field
2014 sites. Some of the FCOs affect only site documentation while
2015 others may change the hardware to improve system reliability or
2016 maintainability. An example might be a change to improve the
2017 supply of cooling air to some boards so that the boards run
2018 cooler and are therefore less likely to fail. These types of
2019 FCOs are important to the long-term success of system operation.
2020 However, because these FCOs are not required to correct the
2021 results of any computer program, they are not listed in this SRB.
2022
2023 The purpose of this section is to identify those FCOs that are of
2024 utmost importance in the short term. This list includes only
2025 those FCOs needed to correct a program malfunction.
2026
2027 For those FCOs already sent to the field, the "FCO Kit Ship Date"
2028 column contains the approximate date when shipment of the FCO
2029 kits began.
2030
2031 One of the column headings in the tables on the following pages
2032 is "Round Robin". The implications of a "Yes" in this column for
2033 a particular FCO are as follows:
2034
2035 1. The FCO kit includes at least one board. The new boards
2036 is to replace the boards now in the equipment.
2037
2038 2. Enough FCO kits are put together for about 20% of the sites
2039 that are to take part in the Round Robin. Some FCOs result
2040 in a Round Robin for all sites. Other FCOs involve a Round
2041 Robin for some sites but not for other sites. For example,
2042 two of the factors that determine whether or not a
2043 particular site takes part in a Round Robin FCO are:
2044
2045 a. The date codes of certain integrated circuit chips on a
2046 board.
2047
2048 b. The board construction method -- wirewrap vs.
2049 multilayer.
2050
2051
2052
2053 Firmware Status 4-2 SRB12.5^L
2054
2055
2056 3. The set of FCO kits are sent to the first set of sites.
2057 For the remainder of this discussion we will follow one
2058 kit as it makes its Round Robin journey.
2059
2060 4. The site installs the FCO. When the site is satisfied that
2061 the FCO is satisfactory, the site returns the old boards
2062 to Phoenix.
2063
2064 5. If there is still equipment at other sites that have not had
2065 the FCO installed, the returned boards is reworked,
2066 tested, and another FCO kit is assembled in Phoenix and sent
2067 to the next site.
2068
2069 6. Since the length of time it takes a site to install an FCO
2070 and become satisfied that it is working correctly cannot
2071 be known in advance, there is no way to predict with
2072 accuracy how long it will be until the FCO has been
2073 installed at all sites.
2074
2075
2076 The FCOs have been classified into the following categories:
2077
2078
2079 _^HC_^HA_^HT_^HE_^HG_^HO_^HR_^HY__^H1 - The new software for this release will not run
2080 properly unless these FCOs are installed.
2081
2082
2083 _^HC_^HA_^HT_^HE_^HG_^HO_^HR_^HY__^H2 - The new software for this release may or may not run
2084 properly if these FCOs are not installed. It is
2085 strongly recommended to have these FCOs installed to
2086 improve reliability of the system.
2087
2088
2089 _^HC_^HA_^HT_^HE_^HG_^HO_^HR_^HY__^H3 - FCOs whose effects are program-visible, but do not
2090 fall into categories 1 or 2. Category 3 FCOs
2091 correct problems that are not uniquely related to
2092 this release.
2093
2094
2095
2096
2097
2098
2099
2100
2101
2102
2103
2104
2105
2106
2107
2108
2109
2110
2111 Firmware Status 4-3 SRB12.5^L
2112 _^HC_^HA_^HT_^HE_^HG_^HO_^HR_^HY__^H1__^HF_^HI_^HE_^HL_^HD__^HC_^HH_^HA_^HN_^HG_^HE__^HO_^HR_^HD_^HE_^HR_^HS
2113
2114 FIELD CHANGE ORDERS VITAL TO THIS SOFTWARE RELEASE
2115
2116 Est. FCO
2117 Hours for
2118 FCO Kit Round To Multics
2119 FCO Number Board Ship Date Robin Instl Release
2120 ---------- ------ --------- ----- ----- -------
2121
2122
2123 No category 1 changes are required for MR12.5.
2124
2125
2126
2127
2128
2129
2130
2131
2132
2133
2134
2135
2136
2137
2138
2139
2140
2141
2142
2143
2144
2145
2146
2147
2148
2149
2150
2151
2152
2153
2154
2155
2156
2157
2158
2159
2160
2161
2162
2163
2164
2165
2166
2167
2168
2169 Firmware Status 4-4 SRB12.5^L
2170 _^HC_^HA_^HT_^HE_^HG_^HO_^HR_^HY__^H2__^HF_^HI_^HE_^HL_^HD__^HC_^HH_^HA_^HN_^HG_^HE__^HO_^HR_^HD_^HE_^HR_^HS
2171
2172 FIELD CHANGE ORDERS POSSIBLY NEEDED FOR THIS RELEASE
2173
2174 Est. FCO
2175 Hours for
2176 FCO Kit Round To Multics
2177 FCO Number Board Ship Date Robin Instl Release
2178 ---------- ------ --------- ----- ----- -------
2179
2180
2181 No category 2 changes are required for MR12.5.
2182
2183
2184
2185
2186
2187
2188
2189
2190
2191
2192
2193
2194
2195
2196
2197
2198
2199
2200
2201
2202
2203
2204
2205
2206
2207
2208
2209
2210
2211
2212
2213
2214
2215
2216
2217
2218
2219
2220
2221
2222
2223
2224
2225
2226
2227 Firmware Status 4-5 SRB12.5^L
2228 _^HC_^HA_^HT_^HE_^HG_^HO_^HR_^HY__^H3__^HF_^HI_^HE_^HL_^HD__^HC_^HH_^HA_^HN_^HG_^HE__^HO_^HR_^HD_^HE_^HR_^HS
2229
2230 FIELD CHANGE ORDERS INDEPENDENT OF A PARTICULAR RELEASE
2231
2232 Est. FCO
2233 Hours for
2234 FCO Kit Round To Multics
2235 FCO Number Board Ship Date Robin Instl Release
2236 ---------- ------ --------- ----- ----- -------
2237
2238
2239 -----DPSM CENTRAL PROCESSOR Models 52M & 62M-------------
2240
2241 PHAFPS388 ETDAK 90 Jun No .5 MR12.4
2242
2243
2244 -----DPSM CENTRAL PROCESSOR Model 70M--------------------
2245
2246 PHAFPE517 ETCAK 90 Jun No .5 MR12.4
2247
2248
2249 -----INTEGRATED MULTIPLEXER UNIT IMU---------------------
2250
2251 PHAFXS868 WXGSC 90 Apr No .5 MR12.4
2252 PHAFXS873 WXGJD 90 Nov No .1 MR12.4
2253
2254
2255 -----FIPS DISK MSU 3380/3382, MSP 3880/1/4/5---------------
2256
2257 PHAFFP565 01A-B3/4 90 Mar No .5 MR12.4
2258
2259
2260 -----T&D RELEASE REV. B.2----------------------------------
2261
2262 PHAFGA888 Tape 87 Mar No 2.0 MR12.1
2263
2264
2265 -----MHAT MR12.0-------------------------------------------
2266
2267 PHAFPD998 Tape 87 May No 2.0 MR12.0
2268
2269
2270
2271
2272
2273
2274
2275
2276
2277
2278
2279
2280
2281
2282
2283
2284
2285 Firmware Status 4-6 SRB12.5^L
2286
2287
2288
2289
2290
2291
2292
2293
2294
2295 SECTION 5
2296
2297
2298 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
2299
2300
2301
2302
2303 _^HI_^HN_^HS_^HT_^HA_^HL_^HL_^HA_^HT_^HI_^HO_^HN _^HO_^HV_^HE_^HR_^HV_^HI_^HE_^HW
2304
2305 The installation of MR12.5 has been made as automatic as possible
2306 through the use of the master installation exec_coms called
2307 12.5.install_part1.ec and 12.5.install_part2.ec. These exec_coms
2308 assume privileged access and the availability of sufficient
2309 quota. It is the installer's responsibility to ensure that
2310 access and quota are available. See "Installation Exec_coms"
2311 later in this section for a list of the exec_coms used in the
2312 installation process.
2313
2314 Part 1 of the installation installs the changes to the hardcore
2315 and online executable libraries for MR12.5. Part 1 must be run
2316 from an existing MR12.3 or MR12.4 system and should be performed
2317 just prior to shutdown after all users and IO daemons have been
2318 logged out. At the completion of Part 1 the system should be
2319 shutdown and rebooted with the supplied MR12.5 System Tape or a
2320 new site specific system tape.
2321
2322 Part 2 of the installation is designed to be executed while
2323 running normal service. It installs the LDD source and object
2324 libraries and the executable, source and object changes to PSP
2325 unbundled software. Part 2 should not be run while the system
2326 is heavily loaded because of the additional load that will be
2327 placed in the system.
2328
2329 To ensure proper access, it is recommended that the installation
2330 be done by a SysDaemon or SysMaint process. These projects, by
2331 default, have access to the appropriate gates and directories to
2332 complete these installations. Sites that have changed default
2333 accesses must ensure these exec_coms are run from a process with
2334 sufficient access.
2335
2336 These instructions assume that the installer is familiar with the
2337 procedures used with the reload command and that the installer
2338 has a fundamental understanding of the system library structure
2339 and Multics library installation procedures. For more
2340 information on these topics, please refer to "Operator's Guide to
2341
2342
2343 Installation Instructions 5-1 SRB12.5^L
2344
2345
2346 Multics" GB61 and "Multics Administration, Maintenance, and
2347 Operations Commands" GB64.
2348
2349 The total size of the MR12.5 release directories is up to 18000
2350 records, depending upon PSP software purchased by a site. Not
2351 all PSPs are changed for MR12.5. In order to install all changed
2352 standard and changed PSP products into the online libraries step
2353 4, a total of 36000 free records could be needed under >ldd.
2354 This additional storage is temporary and may be deleted when the
2355 site is satisfied that reversion to the prior release is not
2356 necessary. Each exec_com can be run in parts to reduce overall
2357 storage requirements.
2358
2359 Based on testing at ACTC, the time required to install MR12.5 is
2360 approximately two hours.
2361
2362 The individual parts of this release are contained in separate
2363 directories subordinate to >ldd>MR12.5:
2364
2365 12.5.C_COMPILER 12.5.HARDCORE
2366 12.5.COBOL 12.5.LDD
2367 12.5.EXECUTABLE 12.5.LINUS
2368 12.5.EXECUTIVE_MAIL 12.5.LISTER
2369 12.5.EXTENDED_MAIL 12.5.MOWSE
2370 12.5.FORTRAN 12.5.PASCAL
2371 12.5.FORUM 12.5.RJE
2372
2373 Several of these directories contain changes to PSP products.
2374 Such PSP directories will not exist if the site has not ordered
2375 the corresponding PSP product. Only those directories found to
2376 exist are installed. The directories 12.5.EXECUTABLE and
2377 12.5.HARDCORE will be installed in Part 1. The remaining
2378 directories will be installed in Part 2.
2379
2380
2381 _^HI_^HN_^HS_^HT_^HA_^HL_^HL_^HA_^HT_^HI_^HO_^HN _^HS_^HU_^HP_^HP_^HO_^HR_^HT
2382
2383 The installation instructions have been tested and verified at
2384 ACTC in Calgary. If problems occur with these installation
2385 procedures contact:
2386
2387 Dave Schroth 403 295-5900 or
2388 Ward Anderson 403 295-5900
2389
2390 Electronic mail and the "ii" forum meeting on the ACTC Multics
2391 system may also be used to obtain assistance and convey comments
2392 on the release.
2393
2394
2395
2396
2397
2398
2399
2400
2401 Installation Instructions 5-2 SRB12.5^L
2402
2403
2404 _^HI_^HN_^HS_^HT_^HA_^HL_^HL_^HA_^HT_^HI_^HO_^HN _^HS_^HT_^HE_^HP_^HS
2405
2406
2407 _^HS_^Ht_^He_^Hp _^H1_^H: _^HT_^Ha_^Hp_^He _^HR_^He_^Hl_^Ho_^Ha_^Hd
2408
2409
2410 While running under the current MR12.3 or MR12.4 system in
2411 normal service, login a Retriever.SysDaemon daemon process from
2412 the console using source virtual console rt:
2413
2414 login Retriever.SysDaemon rt
2415
2416 and begin reloading the release by issuing the command:
2417
2418 r rt reload -nosetlvid -noquota
2419
2420 When the reload program prompts "Input tape label:", reply with
2421 the names of the MR12.5 release tapes as supplied in the order
2422 listed:
2423
2424 12.5.exec
2425 12.5.ldd_standard_1
2426 12.5.ldd_standard_2 possibly
2427 12.5.unbundled
2428 12.5.misc
2429
2430 The 12.5.misc tape must be the last tape loaded. This will cause
2431 the MR12.5 tapes to loaded into the directories:
2432
2433 >library_dir_dir>MR12.5
2434 >library_dir_dir>system_library_1>info
2435 >library_dir_dir>crossref
2436 >documentation>MR12.5
2437
2438 The ldd_standard tape set may contain either one tape labelled
2439 ldd_standard_1 or two tapes labelled ldd_standard_1 and
2440 ldd_standrd_2. The number of tapes received will depend upon the
2441 exact length of the ldd_standard_1 tape reel.
2442
2443
2444 _^HS_^Ht_^He_^Hp _^H2_^H: _^HH_^Ha_^Hr_^Hd_^Hc_^Ho_^Hr_^He _^Ha_^Hn_^Hd _^HE_^Hx_^He_^Hc_^Hu_^Ht_^Ha_^Hb_^Hl_^He
2445
2446
2447 This step starts Part 1 of the installation.
2448
2449 The Part 1 exec_com installs the changed MR12.5 hardcore and
2450 online executable software.
2451
2452 Enter Special Session, ensuring all users and SysDaemons are
2453 logged out. Login as Repair.SysDaemon and type:
2454
2455
2456
2457
2458
2459 Installation Instructions 5-3 SRB12.5^L
2460
2461
2462 dsr working_dir
2463 cwd >ldd>MR12.5
2464 ec 12.5.install_part1
2465
2466 Respond to queries as appropriate. The exec_com is interactive
2467 allowing Part 1 to be installed all at once or partially. There
2468 are no dependencies within sections in Part 1, but it is
2469 recommended that it be run in one pass.
2470
2471 If any site local modifications or additions to the Multics
2472 System Tape MST have been made, a new MST should be generated
2473 to include the MR12.5 hardcore changes.
2474
2475
2476 _^HS_^Ht_^He_^Hp _^H3_^H: _^HR_^He_^Hb_^Ho_^Ho_^Ht
2477
2478
2479 This step will complete Part 1 of the MR12.5 installation.
2480
2481 Shut down the system and reboot using the supplied MR12.5 System
2482 Tape or the new MST created at the end of the preceding step.
2483
2484 Although MR12.5 source and object changes and unbundled software
2485 changes have not yet been installed, normal service can be
2486 resumed at this time.
2487
2488 In the event it becomes necessary to revert the hardcore
2489 installation, reboot the system with the previous system tape.
2490
2491
2492 _^HS_^Ht_^He_^Hp _^H4_^H: _^HL_^HD_^HD _^Ha_^Hn_^Hd _^HU_^Hn_^Hb_^Hu_^Hn_^Hd_^Hl_^He_^Hd
2493
2494
2495 This step starts Part 2 of the installation and installs changes
2496 to the online source and object libraries and the unbundled
2497 libraries.
2498
2499 Login as Repair.SysDaemon and type:
2500
2501 dsr working_dir
2502 cwd >ldd>MR12.5
2503 ec 12.5.install_part2
2504
2505 This release is packaged in such a way that no part installed in
2506 this step is dependent on any other. If quota is a problem,
2507 repeated partial installations of this portion of the release may
2508 be performed. The 12.5.install_part2.ec may be repeated as many
2509 times as needed.
2510
2511 For example, it is not necessary to install 12.5.LDD in order to
2512 run MR12.5. If quota is a problem, 12.5.LDD may be installed
2513 after all other parts have been installed and library cleanup
2514 Step 6 completed.
2515
2516
2517 Installation Instructions 5-4 SRB12.5^L
2518
2519
2520 Answer "yes" to install any part of the release that would not
2521 cause quota problems. Answer "no" to postpone the installation.
2522
2523 This step completes installation of all software changes for
2524 MR12.5.
2525
2526
2527 _^HS_^Ht_^He_^Hp _^H5_^H: _^HR_^He_^Hv_^He_^Hr_^Ht_^Hi_^Hn_^Hg _^HS_^Ho_^Hf_^Ht_^Hw_^Ha_^Hr_^He
2528
2529
2530 In the event it becomes necessary to revert back to the previous
2531 release, or part of the previous release, the instructions below
2532 are recommended.
2533
2534 Note that these instructions are not valid if Step 6 below has
2535 been processed.
2536
2537 SOFTWARE INSTALLED IN PART 1.
2538
2539 Enter Special Session, ensure all users and SysDaemons are logged
2540 out. Login as Repair.SysDaemon and type:
2541
2542 cwd >ldd>MR12.5>12.5.EXECUTABLE
2543 us de_install install_executable
2544 cwd >ldd>MR12.5>12.5.HARDCORE
2545 us de_install install_hard
2546
2547 Shutdown system and reboot with the system tape for the previous
2548 release.
2549
2550 SOFTWARE INSTALLED IN PART 2.
2551
2552 Software installed in this part may be de-installed in whole or
2553 in part at the site's option. Without shutting the system down,
2554 login as Repair.SysDaemon. For that portion of MR12.5 to be
2555 backed out, type:
2556
2557 cwd >ldd>MR12.5><dir_name>
2558 us de_install <io_name>
2559
2560 where <dir_name> is one of the directories:
2561
2562 12.5.C_COMPILER 12.5.LDD
2563 12.5.COBOL 12.5.LINUS
2564 12.5.EXECUTIVE_MAIL 12.5.LISTER
2565 12.5.EXTENDED_MAIL 12.5.MOWSE
2566 12.5.FORTRAN 12.5.PASCAL
2567 12.5.FORUM 12.5.RJE
2568
2569
2570
2571
2572
2573
2574
2575 Installation Instructions 5-5 SRB12.5^L
2576
2577
2578 and <io_name> specifies the io segment of the installation to be
2579 removed:
2580
2581 install_ccompiler install_ldd
2582 install_cobol install_linus
2583 install_executive_mail install_lister
2584 install_extended_mail install_mowse
2585 install_fortran install_pascal
2586 install_forum install_rje
2587
2588 Repeat this command for each portion of MR12.5 to be reverted.
2589
2590
2591 _^HS_^Ht_^He_^Hp _^H6_^H: _^HL_^Hi_^Hb_^Hr_^Ha_^Hr_^Hy _^HC_^Hl_^He_^Ha_^Hn_^Hu_^Hp
2592
2593
2594 The following instructions should be executed when you are
2595 satisfied that the installed software is stable. Old release
2596 software replaced by the execution of the above instructions has
2597 been renamed according the convention used by the update_seg
2598 command. The segments have not yet been deleted from the storage
2599 system.
2600
2601 If any part of the installation of MR12.5 was performed in the
2602 current system bootload with active user or daemon processes,
2603 this step should be deferred until the next system bootload.
2604 This will avoid possible segment fault errors in user processes
2605 as a result of old library executable segments being deleted
2606 during this step.
2607
2608 Login as Repair.SysDaemon and type:
2609
2610 cwd >ldd>MR12.5
2611 ec 12.5.cleanup_library
2612 cwd >ldd
2613 dd MR12.5
2614
2615 to delete the old library segments and the installation
2616 libraries. At this time you will have recovered all quota used
2617 by the installation of MR12.5.
2618
2619
2620 _^HI_^HN_^HS_^HT_^HA_^HL_^HL_^HA_^HT_^HI_^HO_^HN _^HE_^HX_^HE_^HC_^H__^HC_^HO_^HM_^HS
2621
2622
2623 As mentioned above, the installation of MR12.5 is driven by a set
2624 of exec_coms. Following the completion of Step 1 above, these
2625 exec_coms may be examined as needed.
2626
2627 There are four top level exec_coms used to install this release.
2628 These are:
2629
2630
2631
2632
2633 Installation Instructions 5-6 SRB12.5^L
2634
2635
2636 >ldd>MR12.5>12.5.install_part1.ec
2637 >ldd>MR12.5>12.5.install_part2.ec
2638 >ldd>MR12.5>12.5.cleanup_library.ec
2639 >ldd>MR12.5>update.ec update_.ec
2640
2641 In addition to the above, there will be an installing exec_com in
2642 each directory reloaded under >ldd>MR12.5. For a list of these
2643 directories, refer to the "Installation Overview" portion of this
2644 section of the SRB. These ecs are responsible for the
2645 installation of the contents of the containing directory. As a
2646 minimum, the following installing ecs will exist:
2647
2648 >ldd>MR12.5>12.5.HARDCORE>install_hard.ec
2649 >ldd>MR12.5>12.5.EXECUTABLE>install_executable.ec
2650 >ldd>MR12.5>12.5.LDD>install_ldd.ec
2651
2652 In addition, for each PSP package product that a site has
2653 ordered, there will be a corresponding directory and an
2654 installing ec. The installing ec will be named
2655 install_<pspname>.ec.
2656
2657
2658
2659
2660
2661
2662
2663
2664
2665
2666
2667
2668
2669
2670
2671
2672
2673
2674
2675
2676
2677
2678
2679
2680
2681
2682
2683
2684
2685
2686
2687
2688
2689
2690
2691 Installation Instructions 5-7 SRB12.5^L
2692
2693
2694
2695
2696
2697
2698
2699
2700
2701 APPENDIX A
2702
2703
2704 DOCUMENTATION CHANGES
2705
2706
2707
2708
2709 _^HC_^HU_^HR_^HR_^HE_^HN_^HT _^HM_^HU_^HL_^HT_^HI_^HC_^HS _^HD_^HO_^HC_^HU_^HM_^HE_^HN_^HT_^HA_^HT_^HI_^HO_^HN _^HS_^HT_^HA_^HT_^HU_^HS
2710
2711 A complete list of manuals is provided in
2712 >doc>info>manuals.gi.info. This segment is included as part of
2713 the release package.
2714
2715
2716 _^H1_^H2_^H._^H5 _^HD_^Ho_^Hc_^Hu_^Hm_^He_^Hn_^Ht_^Ha_^Ht_^Hi_^Ho_^Hn
2717
2718 There are no new or updated publications to support MR12.5.
2719 Updates to manuals are provided by errata info files found in
2720 >doc>info. Shown below are the errata, with add names, which
2721 have been created for MR12.5.
2722
2723 ag92.errata.info
2724 errata.ag92.info
2725 Commands_Active_Functions.info
2726 ag93.errata.info
2727 errata.ag93.info
2728 Subroutines_I/O_Modules.info
2729 ak51.errata.info
2730 errata.ak51.info
2731 Project_Admin.info
2732 al39.errata.info
2733 errata.al39.info
2734 Processor_Manual.info
2735 cc75.errata.info
2736 errata.cc75.info
2737 Communications_Admin.info
2738 cy74.errata.info
2739 errata.cy74.info
2740 Forum_Manual.info
2741 gb58.errata.info
2742 Common_Commands.info
2743 errata.gb58.info
2744 gb64.errata.info
2745 errata.gb64.info
2746 Admin_Maint_Oper_Commands.info
2747
2748
2749 Documentation Changes A-1 SRB12.5^L
2750
2751
2752 For the convenience of sites, a complete list of Multics manuals,
2753 is provided below.
2754
2755
2756 AG90 Introduction to Programming on Multics
2757 AG91 Multics Programmer's Reference Manual
2758 AG92 Multics Commands and Active Functions
2759 AG93 Multics Subroutines and Input/Output Modules
2760 AG94 Multics PL/I Language Specification
2761 AK50 Multics System Administration Procedures
2762 AK51 Multics Project Administrator's Guide
2763 AK95 Multics APL User's Guide
2764 AL39 Multics Processor Manual
2765 AM81 Multics System Maintenance Procedures
2766 AM82 Multics BASIC
2767 AM83 Multics PL/I Reference Manual
2768 AN05 Multics GCOS Environment Simulator
2769 AN50 Guide to Multics Manuals
2770 AS40 Multics Graphics System
2771 AS43 Multics COBOL User's Guide
2772 AS44 Multics COBOL Reference Manual
2773 AT58 Multics FORTRAN Manual
2774 AT59 Multics DFAST Subsystem User's Guide
2775 AU25 Multics FAST Subsystem Reference Guide
2776 AU77 Multics Online Test and Diagnostics Reference Manual
2777 AW17 Multics Commands and Active Functions Quick Reference Guide
2778 AW32 Multics SORT/MERGE
2779 AW53 Multics Relational Data Store Reference Manual
2780 AZ49 Multics Logical Inquiry and Update System Reference Manual
2781 AZ98 Multics WORDPRO Reference Manual
2782 CC69 Multics Report Program Generator Reference Manual
2783 CC70 Multics FORTRAN User's Guide
2784 CC75 Multics Communications Administration
2785 CG40 Multics qedx Text Editor User's Guide
2786 CH23 Multics Extended Mail System User's Guide
2787 CH24 New User's Introduction to Multics--Part I
2788 CH25 New User's Introduction to Multics--Part II
2789 CH26 Multics Error Messages: Primer and Reference Manual
2790 CH27 Emacs Text Editor User's Guide
2791 CJ52 Multics Emacs Extension Writer's Guide
2792 CJ97 Multics Page Processing System Utility Manual
2793 CP31 Level 68 Introduction to Emacs Text Editor
2794 CP50 Multics Text Editor Ted Reference Manual
2795 CP51 Multics Menu Creation Facilities
2796 CX20 Fundamentals of Multics Executive Mail
2797 CX72 Executive Mail Editing Operations Reference Card
2798 CY73 Inter-Multics File Transfer Facility Reference Guide
2799 CY74 Multics Forum Interactive Meeting System User's Guide
2800 DJ18 Guide to Multics WORDPRO for New Users
2801 DU06 Fundamentals of Multics Forum Interactive Meeting System
2802 DW19 Multics MegaCalc User's Guide
2803 DX71 Fundamentals of Multics Executive Forum
2804
2805
2806
2807 Documentation Changes A-2 SRB12.5^L
2808
2809
2810 GB58 Multics Common Commands
2811 GB59 DPS 6/Multics Satellite 6M Reference Manual
2812 GB60 Multics HASP Service and Utility Manual
2813 GB61 Operator's Guide to Multics
2814 GB62 Multics Pascal User's Guide
2815 GB63 Multics Report Writer Reference Manual
2816 GB64 Multics Administration, Maintenance, and Operations Cmds
2817 GB65 Mulitics/Personal Computer File Transmission Facilities
2818 GB66 Multics On-Line Work Station End User's Guide
2819 GL71 Multics Simplified Computing and Filing Facility
2820 GN08 Multics Emacs Reference Card
2821 HH07 Multics C Compiler User's Guide
2822
2823
2824
2825
2826
2827
2828
2829
2830
2831
2832
2833
2834
2835
2836
2837
2838
2839
2840
2841
2842
2843
2844
2845
2846
2847
2848
2849
2850
2851
2852
2853
2854
2855
2856
2857
2858
2859
2860
2861
2862
2863
2864
2865 Documentation Changes A-3 SRB12.5^L
2866
2867
2868
2869
2870
2871
2872
2873
2874
2875 APPENDIX B
2876
2877
2878 MODULE CHANGES FOR MR12.5
2879
2880
2881
2882
2883 This appendix provides information about changes to the Multics
2884 operating system on a segment basis. The following information
2885 applies to changes made to the system for the MR12.5 release
2886 only.
2887
2888 This appendix is provided to help sites identify, to a segment
2889 level, changes they may have applied for emergency bug fixes or
2890 site dependent modifications to current system software.
2891
2892 Information is catagorized as follows:
2893
2894
2895 new or modified info segments
2896 new segments
2897 new or modified include files
2898 deleted segments
2899 modified segments
2900
2901
2902
2903
2904
2905
2906
2907
2908
2909
2910
2911
2912
2913
2914
2915
2916
2917
2918
2919
2920
2921
2922
2923 Module Changes for MR12.5 B-1 SRB12.5^L
2924
2925
2926 _^HN_^HE_^HW _^HO_^HR _^HM_^HO_^HD_^HI_^HF_^HI_^HE_^HD _^HI_^HN_^HF_^HO _^HS_^HE_^HG_^HM_^HE_^HN_^HT_^HS _^HF_^HO_^HR _^HM_^HR_^H1_^H2_^H._^H5
2927
2928
2929 All additions and updates are made to >doc>info unless otherwise
2930 noted.
2931
2932 as_who.info
2933 ask_.info
2934 cv_integer_string_.info
2935 cv_integer_string_check_.info
2936 date_time_.info
2937 dial_out.info
2938 forum.info
2939 get_equal_name_.info added to >doc>info
2940 io_error_summary.info >doc>privileged
2941 manuals.gi.info
2942 new_user.info >doc>privileged
2943 probe.info
2944 psl.info >doc>privileged
2945 reset.info >doc>ss>forum
2946 status.info
2947 trans_specs.info >doc>ss>forum
2948 user.info
2949 wait.info >doc>ss>dial_out
2950 window_editor_utils_.info added to >doc>info
2951
2952
2953 The following errata are modified or created with this release.
2954
2955 ag92.errata.info
2956 ag93.errata.info
2957 ak51.errata.info
2958 al39.errata.info
2959 cc75.errata.info
2960 cy74.errata.info
2961 gb58.errata.info
2962 gb64.errata.info
2963
2964
2965
2966
2967
2968
2969
2970
2971
2972
2973
2974
2975
2976
2977
2978
2979
2980
2981 Module Changes for MR12.5 B-2 SRB12.5^L
2982
2983
2984 _^HN_^HE_^HW _^HS_^HE_^HG_^HM_^HE_^HN_^HT_^HS _^HF_^HO_^HR _^HM_^HR_^H1_^H2_^H._^H5
2985
2986
2987 fdisk_status_table_.alm
2988
2989
2990
2991
2992
2993
2994
2995
2996
2997
2998
2999
3000
3001
3002
3003
3004
3005
3006
3007
3008
3009
3010
3011
3012
3013
3014
3015
3016
3017
3018
3019
3020
3021
3022
3023
3024
3025
3026
3027
3028
3029
3030
3031
3032
3033
3034
3035
3036
3037
3038
3039 Module Changes for MR12.5 B-3 SRB12.5^L
3040
3041
3042 _^HN_^HE_^HW _^HO_^HR _^HM_^HO_^HD_^HI_^HF_^HI_^HE_^HD _^HI_^HN_^HC_^HL_^HU_^HD_^HE _^HF_^HI_^HL_^HE_^HS _^HF_^HO_^HR _^HM_^HR_^H1_^H2_^H._^H5
3043
3044
3045 forum_trans_list.incl.pl1
3046 parse.incl.pl1
3047
3048
3049
3050
3051
3052
3053
3054
3055
3056
3057
3058
3059
3060
3061
3062
3063
3064
3065
3066
3067
3068
3069
3070
3071
3072
3073
3074
3075
3076
3077
3078
3079
3080
3081
3082
3083
3084
3085
3086
3087
3088
3089
3090
3091
3092
3093
3094
3095
3096
3097 Module Changes for MR12.5 B-4 SRB12.5^L
3098
3099
3100 _^HD_^HE_^HL_^HE_^HT_^HE_^HD _^HS_^HE_^HG_^HM_^HE_^HN_^HT_^HS _^HF_^HO_^HR _^HM_^HR_^H1_^H2_^H._^H5
3101
3102
3103 There are no deleted modules for MR12.5.
3104
3105
3106
3107
3108
3109
3110
3111
3112
3113
3114
3115
3116
3117
3118
3119
3120
3121
3122
3123
3124
3125
3126
3127
3128
3129
3130
3131
3132
3133
3134
3135
3136
3137
3138
3139
3140
3141
3142
3143
3144
3145
3146
3147
3148
3149
3150
3151
3152
3153
3154
3155 Module Changes for MR12.5 B-5 SRB12.5^L
3156
3157
3158 _^HM_^HO_^HD_^HI_^HF_^HI_^HE_^HD _^HS_^HE_^HG_^HM_^HE_^HN_^HT_^HS _^HF_^HO_^HR _^HM_^HR_^H1_^H2_^H._^H5
3159
3160
3161 act_ctl_.pl1 forum_trans_util_.pl1
3162 as_who.pl1 generate_mst.pl1
3163 attribute_parse.pl1 if_parse.pl1
3164 canonicalize_mailbox.pl1 io_error_summary.pl1
3165 constant_token.pl1 io_statement_parse.pl1
3166 copy_disk_volume.pl1 lar_util_.pl1
3167 data_list_parse.pl1 lex.pl1
3168 deckfile_manager.pl1 list_extra_personids.pl1
3169 declare_parse.pl1 manage_volume_pool.pl1
3170 default_parse.pl1 mlsys_transmit_.pl1
3171 delete_.pl1 mseg_segment_.pl1
3172 descriptor_parse.pl1 nd_handler_.pl1
3173 dfm_.pl1 om_get_opening.pl1
3174 dfm_request_table_.alm on_parse.pl1
3175 dfm_util_.pl1 parse.pl1
3176 dial_out.pl1 pascal_gen_string_.pl1
3177 dial_out_.pl1 pdir_volume_manager_.pl1
3178 dial_out_util_.pl1 pl1_print.pl1
3179 do_parse.pl1 pl1_version.cds
3180 do_requests_.pl1 pnt_fs_util_.pl1
3181 edit_proj.pl1 procedure_parse.pl1
3182 edit_proj_.pl1 process_entry.pl1
3183 exponent_control_.pl1 rcprm_journalize_.pl1
3184 expression_parse.pl1 rdm_msg_requests_.pl1
3185 ext_code_generator.pl1 read_mail.pl1
3186 ext_parse.pl1 reference_parse.pl1
3187 force_write.pl1 retrieve_from_volume_.pl1
3188 format_document_.pl1 rldr_arg_reader_.pl1
3189 format_list_parse.pl1 rldr_label_.pl1
3190 fort_version_info.alm rldr_volume_map_.pl1
3191 forum_add_meeting.pl1 rldr_vtoc_header_.pl1
3192 forum_data_.cds sc_admin_command_.pl1
3193 forum_input_requests_.pl1 segment_mover.pl1
3194 forum_list_users.pl1 send_daemon_command.pl1
3195 forum_mailer_.pl1 set_special_password.pl1
3196 forum_misc_requests_.pl1 statement_parse.pl1
3197 forum_output_requests_.pl1 statement_type.pl1
3198 forum_requests_.pl1 up_cdt_.pl1
3199 forum_space_mgr_.pl1 value_delete.pl1
3200 forum_trans_mgr_.pl1 x25_mpx.pl1
3201 forum_trans_specs_.pl1 xmail_reply_msg_.pl1
3202
3203
3204
3205
3206
3207
3208
3209
3210
3211
3212
3213 Module Changes for MR12.5 B-6 SRB12.5^L