[Info-vax] PATCH/ABSOLUTE does not PATCH/ABSOLUTE

[VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG]

In article <503058b9$0$289$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>On 8/18/2012 11:47 AM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> On Itanium:
>>
>> Simple reproducer...
>>
>> $ MACRO/OBJECT=X.OBJ SYS$INPUT
>> .ENTRY GO,0
>> .END
>> ^Z
>> $ PATCH/ABSOLUTE X.OBJ
>>    OpenVMS PATCH Version T8.2-001
>>
>> %PATCH-I-NOGBL, some or all global symbols not accessible
>> %PATCH-I-NOLCL, image does not contain local symbols
>> PATCH>update
>> %PATCH-I-WRTFIL, updating image file DISK:[DIRECTORY]X.OBJ;2
>> PATCH> exit
>> $ DIFF X.OBJ
>>
>> Fails miserably.
>>
>> PATCH does not maintain this file's undefined format.
>
>WTF.
>
>That sounds pretty bad.
>
>Is this VMS 8.2 or another 8.4 problem? (I don't know if patch version
>follow VMS version).

Both V8.4.  Alpha shows V8-2-002 wheil Itanium shows T8.2-001.



>PS: And now when I have started exposing my ignorance - when did
>..OBJ switch from VAR to UDF?

When they started using much too much C-RTL in the LINKER.

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