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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1998.  All rights reserved.


Modification Date:  14-Jul-1998
Modification Type:  Added Problem Fix to Documentation


OP/SYS:     OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENTs:  LIBRTL
             LIBRTL2
             LIBRTL_INSTRUMENTED

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  VAXLIBR02_071
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  VAXLIBR01_071
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  1180 Blocks
                    Saveset A - 1170 Blocks

     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS VAX V7.1
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes
     Rolling Re-boot Supported:  Yes

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

     Kit Dependencies:

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

         None

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

         None


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for the LIBRTL on OpenVMS VAX V7.1.
This kit addresses the following problems:

PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXLIBR02_071:

  o  The wrong length was returned  in  the  resultant-length  field
     from  LIB$GET_FOREIGN  in  the  case  that the input string was
     truncated.  LIB$GET_FOREIGN was returning the  original  length
     of the string instead of the truncated length.

  o  LIB$CONVERT_DATE_STRING handles 2-digit  years  from  input  by
     selecting  the  current  century  as the default to use for the
     century  portion  of  the  date.   This  behavior  may  not  be
     desirable  for  many customers since 00 would be interpreted as
     1900 (and then as 2000 on  1/1/2000).   Unfortunately,  it  has
     been  documented  since  V6.0  and  therefore  we could not see
     changing the Y format without disrupting customers  who  expect
     this behavior.

  o  LIBRTL bugfix for LIB$CVT_DX_DX. Access violation in LIB$CVT_DX_DX
     for NBDS to NBDS conversions when the  string length is zero. A
     recent  change  to  LIB$CVT_DX_DX  was  the cause of the access
     violation. The string length of zero was not being checked.



PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXLIBR01_071:

  o  LIB$GETJPI returns the wrong  privileges  when  asking  for  an
     IMPERSONATE and then a DIAGNOSE.


RELATED ARTICLES:

Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database.  To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'VAXLIBR02_071' or 'VAXLIBR'.


ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:

If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool.  If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:

     [AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools


INSTALLATION NOTES:

The images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted.  If there are other nodes in the VMScluster, they must
also be rebooted in order to make use of the new images.

If it is not possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at
this time, a rolling re-boot may be performed.
  
  ==========================================================================
  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | LIBRTL.EXE                 |%XD9134E68| V06-001         | 12-JUN-1998  |
  |                                       |                 | 15:48:49.71  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | LIBRTL2.EXE                |%XF41B44D1| V05-000         | 12-JUN-1998  |
  |                                       |                 | 15:48:55.30  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | LIBRTL_INSTRUMENTED.EXE    |%X88B46F3A| V06-001         | 12-JUN-1998  |
  |                                       |                 | 15:56:51.56  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+