[HECnet] RSTS/E started emitting "?EVTLOG (BLDNIC) -- %Integer error" messages

[Supratim Sanyal]

On 11/10/21 5:14 AM, Keith Halewood wrote:

> I’m running RSTS/E 10.1-L out of the box so to speak. I’m not seeing 
> any error messages.
>
No such errors on 31.28 (RST101) either.

/s.

> Keith
>
> *From:*owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] 
> *On Behalf Of *Tony Nicholson
> *Sent:* 10 November 2021 08:46
> *To:* hecnet at update.uu.se
> *Subject:* Re: [HECnet] RSTS/E started emitting "?EVTLOG (BLDNIC) -- 
> %Integer error" messages
>
> Paul Koning is working on a fix.
>
> The RSTS/E DECnet event logger has an integer overflow too.  He said 
> in a e-mail to me -
>
> “ I think I found the problem, yes it's a signed overflow.  The 
> "julian halfdays" used in the event log timestamp overflows on 
> 10-Nov-2021.  I fixed an unsigned issue in the INPUT to the function 
> that converts RSTS date to julian halfday, but I didn't notice the 
> unsigned issue in the formula for the output.”
>
> Tony
>
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 at 19:14, Wilm Boerhout <wboerhout at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     I am receiving the same messages on the console since today. I am
>     running the “latest” DECnet images that I picked up in July 2020.
>
> -- 
>
> Tony Nicholson <tony.nicholson at computer.org>
>
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