Re: VMSTAR broken by OpenVMS 7.3-1 ??

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Posted by Andrew Commons <mailto:andrew.commons@btfinancialgroup.com> on
21-JAN-2003 15:59:46.10:

In Reply to: VMSTAR broken by OpenVMS 7.3-1 ?? <425.html> posted by
Andrew Commons on 21-JAN-2003 15:05:27.17:

> After upgrade to 7.3-1 VMSTAR gets stuck in loop adding first file to
new archive - see example below:

> $ vmstar/create/verbose ac.tar ftp.log,release.log
> Aug 21 13:56:19 2000 369 ./ftp.log
> Aug 21 13:56:19 2000 369 ./ftp.log
> [repeats until disk fills up]

> It appears that SYS$SEARCH just keeps on returning RMS$_NORMAL and
VMSTAR just keeps on adding the first file. Has anyone else encountered
this??

> BTW - I've built the latest available version and it exhibits the same
problem.

> cheers
> andrew

Removing the line

nblock.nam$b_rsl = 0;

in the search function in VMS2TAR.C seems to fix it - XQP change in
7.3-1 apparently at root of problem.

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> > After upgrade to 7.3-1 VMSTAR gets stuck in loop adding first file
to new archive - see example below: > > $ vmstar/create/verbose ac.tar
ftp.log,release.log > > Aug 21 13:56:19 2000 369 ./ftp.log > > Aug 21
13:56:19 2000 369 ./ftp.log > > [repeats until disk fills up] > > It
appears that SYS$SEARCH just keeps on returning RMS$_NORMAL and VMSTAR
just keeps on adding the first file. Has anyone else encountered this??
> > BTW - I've built the latest available version and it exhibits the
same problem. > > cheers > > andrew > Removing the line >
nblock.nam$b_rsl = 0; > in the search function in VMS2TAR.C seems to fix
it - XQP change in 7.3-1 apparently at root of problem.

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