[Info-vax] Unexpected error using ZIP for OpenVMS

[RobertsonEricW]

On Dec 5, 1:56 am, Steven Schweda <sms.antin... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I bumped across this error a while ago [...]
>
>    It's been around since at least "Zip 2.0 (Sept 7th 1993)".
> (I prefer Zip bugs which are old enough to vote, because they
> can't be my fault.)
>
> >    I haven't done enough testing yet, [...]
>
>    I've now tried the proposed fix with long and short
> records in Stream, Stream_CR, and Stream_LF (and also
> Undefined), and the results all look plausible to me.
> DIFFERENCES may have some trouble with the long records, but
> BACKUP /COMPARE seems happy enough.  Other record types
> should be unaffected by these changes.  What could go wrong?
>
>    For the record, accessing these long-record files over
> DECnet could lead to similar but different errors.  For
> example:
>
> zip warning: non-translatable vms error code: 0x183A2
> %rms-e-netbts, network buffer too small for !ul byte record
>         zip warning: could not open for reading:
>  [.UTILITY.SOURCE.ZIP.DEV]LONG_REC_CR.DAT
>
> The proposed fix seems to clear those, too.
>
>    Pending further complaints, I believe that I'm satisfied.

Steven,

Thanks again for your prompt service! I will download the updated
source modules and try them out later this week. Right now I am REALLY
busy dealing with clients that all require far and distant travel.

Regards,

Eric