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RE: MultiNet ECO kit available: UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-101_A052

Subject: RE: MultiNet ECO kit available: UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-101_A052
From: Richard Whalen <whalenr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:52:08 -0400
Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet

Yes, the initial patch did not fully correct the problems with
GETNAMEINFO.  This updated patch includes additional work on it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Connelly [mailto:Ken.Connelly@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:41 AM
To: info-multinet@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: MultiNet ECO kit available: UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-101_A052

I take it this means there was a problem with 
UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-100_A052?

-ken

bryant@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> MultiNet ECO kit announcement
>
> The following ECO kit is now available for MultiNet:
>
>     ECO:          UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-101_A052
>     Description:  Correct errors in GETNAMEINFO
>     Release date: 25-JUL-2008
>     Ranking:      3
>     Max ranking:  2
>     Versions:     V5.2A,V5.1A
>     Requisites:   
>
>
ftp://ftp.multinet.process.com/patches/multinet052/ucx_library_emulation
-101_a052.zip
>
> To search the MultiNet ECO database, please visit the following URL:
>
>         http://www.multinet.process.com/eco.html
>
> For more information, contact Process Software via:
>
>      E-mail:    support@xxxxxxxxxxx
>      Phone:     1-800-394-8700
>
> The ECO kit README contents are below.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION ECO kit rev 10.1 For MultiNet V5.2A
24-Jul-2008
> ECO Rank 3
>
>     Copyright (c) 2008, 2007, Process Software LLC
>
>     This ECO kit provides a new version of UCX$IPC_SHR.EXE for
MultiNet
>     V5.2 Rev A and MultiNet V5.1 Rev A for OpenVMS.  This version of
>     UCX$IPC_SHR.EXE corrects the following problems:
>
>       - Correct errors in the implementation of GETNAMEINFO.
>         ECO Rank 3: UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-101_A052 DE 10740
>
>     This also includes fixes for the following problems:
>
>       - Correct errors in select that can cause problems for Alpha
programs
>           that use threads.
>         ECO Rank: 2 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-090_A052 DE 10695
>
>       - Provide DNS resolver entry points for SPF support for PMDF and
>         PreciseMail Anti-Spam.  Note that this increases the size of
the
>         executable significantly.
>         ECO Rank: 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-090_A052
>
>       - Removing looping for sends greater than 65535 bytes for
>         VMS V8 (Alpha and Integrity) that was introduced in
>         UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-040_A052.  Support for these large
>         sends is now part of the MultiNet kernel.  For MultiNet V5.2
>         use KERNEL-UPDATE-070_A052, for MultiNet V5.1 use
>         KERNEL-UPDATE-190_A051.
>         ECO Rank: 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-080_A052 DE 10619, 10662
>
>       - Correct errors in BSD 4.4 operations
>         ECO Rank: 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-081_A052 DE 10678
>
>       - Correct errors introduced in UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-060_A052
>         for VMS V8 Alpha and Integrity systems.
>         ECO Rank 2 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-073_A052     DE 10647
>
>       - Correct errors introduced in UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-040_A052
>         for VMS V7 and VMS V8 Alpha and VMS V8 Integrity systems.
>         ECO Rank 2 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-060_A052     DE 10619
>
>       - Correct errors in flag values for getaddrinfo.
>         ECO Rank 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-050_A052  DE 10625
>
>       - Modifications to support using send on TCP sockets with a
length
>         greater than 65535.
>         ECO Rank 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-040_A052  DE 10619
>
>       - Add an entry point to support Samba (CIFS) EFT2 on Integrity
>         systems.
>         ECO Rank 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-031_A052
>
>       - Correct an error in the value returned for gethostname.
>         ECO Rank 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-030_A052
>
>       - Reduce alignment faults in gethostbyname for Integrity
systems.
>         ECO Rank 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-030_A052     DE 10593
>
>       - Provide TCPIP$RES_QUERY entry point for Precise Mail Anti-Spam
SPF
>         support.
>         ECO Rank 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-021_A052
>
>       - Provide support routines for CIFS (samba) on OpenVMS V8 for
Alpha
>         and Integrity processors.
>         ECO rank 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-020_A052   DE 10546
>
>       - Corrections to getaddrinfo
>         ECO rank 3 UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-010_A052
>
>       - Return results of gethostbyaddr when gethostbyname is given
>         an IP address.
>         (DE 10152) (ECO Rank 3) (UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-030_A051)
>
>       - Updates to images for Alpha V6 and V7 to support data
protector.
>         (DE 10433) (ECO Rank 3) (UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-022_A051)
>
>       - Updates image GSMATCH value so that Kerberos V2.1-72 can be
used
>         on OpenVMS V7.3-2 (ECO Rank 3)
(UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-010_A051)
>
>     You do not need to reboot after installing this ECO kit.
>
> [End of ECO announcement]
>
>   

-- 
- Ken
=================================================================
Ken Connelly             Associate Director, Security and Systems
ITS Network Services                  University of Northern Iowa
email: Ken.Connelly@xxxxxxx   p: (319) 273-5850 f: (319) 273-7373


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