[HECnet] Configuring py-decnet --> patches

[Johnny Billquist]

And now it seems MIM is giving even worse data. Looked good for a while. 
Sigh. Oh well, more debugging coming up. I guess you should again regard 
the information with suspicion then, until a new notice comes from me on 
this topic.

   Johnny

On 2020-09-04 20:35, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> I forgot. The version in M+ V4.6 is "V08.00". You can check this with 
> "TAS NMVACP".
> 
> The fixed version is "V08.20".
> 
>    Johnny
> 
> On 2020-09-04 20:34, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> Happy to announce that I have found and fixed the bug in the DECnet 
>> code in RSX that could cause operations like "SHOW KNOWN NODES" to 
>> skip some nodes under some circumstances.
>>
>> So anyone getting node definitions from MIM can now safely do that 
>> using NCP (in VMS), or NNS (in RSX) and be sure they do get the 
>> complete list.
>>
>> For anyone using RSX, this is another component you want to update. 
>> The file in question is [5,54]NMVACP.TSK, and you can copy it from MIM::
>> Place it in that directory, and you're good after the next reboot.
>> If you want it fixed on your running system, then after copying the 
>> file over, do the following two lines:
>>
>> REM NMVACP
>> INS LB:[5,54]NMVACP
>>
>> and then you are good.
>>
>> If anyone wants to know itty gritty details on the bug, let me know 
>> and I can explain it. But suffice to say for now, that this bug was 
>> introduced with the nodename server in RSX, which I think only came in 
>> M+ V4.6.
>>
>>    Johnny
>>
>> On 2020-08-27 02:16, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>> On 2020-08-27 01:47, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>>> On 8/26/20 4:40 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>>> Let me put it this way. If any tool causes you any problems, first 
>>>>> check if there is something newer on MIM, and if so - grab and test 
>>>>> that.
>>>>> If not, let me know, and I can probably fix it.
>>>>
>>>>    I'm sure I speak for all of us here when I say THANK YOU for this.
>>>
>>> The thing is - some of the bugs and issues I've worked on are rather 
>>> obscure. You might occasionally observe there is something funny 
>>> going on, but understanding where the problem is, and finding the 
>>> fixed file on MIM is not always so easy, nor how to apply it.
>>>
>>> Take MCR, for example. There are multiple things I've fixed. Both in 
>>> MCR... and ...MCR (they are two different things). And applying them 
>>> needs that you update things through VMR. Can't be done on a running 
>>> system. (Well, ...MCR can, but MCR... cannot.)
>>>
>>> My TCP/IP package already does that patch for you however, so you 
>>> should be good.
>>>
>>> Hey, here is something for people to look at, to make you aware of 
>>> things you might be interested in: MIM::US:[BQT]FIX.TXT contains all 
>>> the work I've been doing for a possible future V5.0 release of 
>>> RSX-11M-PLUS.
>>> A lot of those fixes apply just fine also for V4.6, but don't ask 
>>> about the subdirectory stuff. That is just too complex to patch up, 
>>> and there are still a couple of corners I'm not done with.
>>>
>>>>> And while I'm on it. At the moment there is a long standing bug in 
>>>>> NICE on RSX, which have been annoying me slightly for a long time, 
>>>>> but which is now starting to become serious enough that I need to 
>>>>> look deeper into it. If you do a "NCP TELL MIM SHOW KNOWN NODES" 
>>>>> the list is incomplete. If you look carefully, some nodes are 
>>>>> missing, which will be there, if you explicitly ask for them.
>>>>>
>>>>> This becomes a larger problem because if someone on a VMS system 
>>>>> does an "NCP COPY KNOWN NODES FROM MIM ..." they will not be 
>>>>> getting the full list either. And the same goes for RSX users using 
>>>>> NNC to copy the known nodes from MIM.
>>>>
>>>>    Ah-HA!!  I have seen exactly this.  I thought I was losing my mind.
>>>
>>> Well, now you know you aren't. :-)
>>>
>>>    Johnny
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> 

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