[Info-vax] tpu bug?

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote 2011-07-24 16:11:

> I have a file of size 43822 blocks extracted from VMS MAIL.  It contains
> some JPEG files as attachments.
>

Are the files attached using proper MIME encoding headers ?

I use MUNPACK to extrakt any MIME attachements on VMS.
MUNPACK does extraction and decoding at the same time.
Available from the usual VMS freeware sources.

I just now forwarded a mail from my main mail tool
(Thunderbird) to a VMS mail account and did :

$ mail

You have 1 new message.

MAIL>
MAIL> extr a.a
%MAIL-I-CREATED, USER:[JANNE]A.A;9 created

MAIL>  Exit

$ munpack a.a
Display_ip.jpg (image/jpeg)

$ d Display_ip.jpg

Directory USER:[JANNE]

DISPLAY_IP.JPG;1       469  24-JUL-2011 18:01:06.08

Total of 1 file, 469 blocks.


> Normally, I extract the encoded files with an editor and decode them
> from the command line.  EDT won't work here due to the known 65535 line
> limitation.  So, I resorted to TPU.  I get the following message:
>
> %TPU-E-ARGMISMATCH, parameter 1's data type, UNSPECIFIED, unsupported
>
>
> Fatal DECTPU internal error, please submit an SPR including:
>
>       1.  A description of the actions that revealed the bug
>       2.  The versions of DECTPU and the operating system you are running
>       3.  Machine-readable media containing:
>           - The source files of your DECTPU section and command files
>           - Copies of the data files used during the session
>           - The keystroke journal file if one exists
>       4.  Your terminal characteristics, if applicable
>       5.  A description of the command used to invoke DECTPU
>
> Shareable base: 7BD341A4  Ident: DECTPU V3.2  2004-01-05 20:14
> Updater base:   7C08A034  Ident: DECTPU V3.2  2004-01-05 20:14
> Updater file:
>
> %TPU-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=00, virtual address=
> 00000014, PC=7B
> CE8BAC, PSL=0000001B
> -TPU-I-FROMLINE, called from line 4377
> -TPU-I-FROMLINE, called from line 4325
>
> Has anyone else seen this?  This is VMS 7.3-2.
>