[Info-vax] DSPP and DECset

[Rich Jordan]

On Jan 22, 5:38 pm, JCE <john.eg... at digital.com> wrote:
> On Jan 22, 2:49 pm, "Martin Vorlaender" <m... at pdv-systeme.de> wrote:
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> > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:16:00 +0100, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
> > > We recently downloaded the newest DSPP license pak set for our two
> > > development machines (Alpha and Integrity); these expire March 2011.
> > > Earlier I had downloaded one that expired August 2010 but had been
> > > delayed on installing them.
>
> > > The DECset PAK has disappeared from the current license set for both
> > > Alpha and Itanium.  It was on the 2009 sets, and the ones that expired
> > > in August 2010.
>
> > > Before I go pestering the DSPP folks (too busy to do it today...) I
> > > thought I'd ask here if anyone knows something about this, and
> > > possibly why it happened.
>
> > Perhaps they noticed they have the VAXSET license in there as well
> > as the DECSET license. You only need one of those.
>
> > cu,
> >    Martin
> > --
> > One OS to rule them all       | Martin Vorlaender  |  OpenVMS rules!
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>
> Yes - all you need is VAXSET, DECSET is un-necessary.
> The new PAKs should be as good as or better than previous sets.
>
> As an FYI, there was an issue with the DSPP TRU64 UNIX PAKs, the
> problem was a missing space where it was needed.  The DSPP website
> should have the correct (fixed) file in the next 24-48 hours.
>
> /John

Thanks John.  Just a replacement, not a deletion.

Rich