[Info-vax] SPM 3.4 installation issue on VMS 6.1

[David Froble]

Christopher Myers wrote:
> I've been playing around with an old VMS 6.1 consolidated distortion from January 1995.  Decided to try and install VAX Software Performance Manager 3.4 on it and it failed with all this:
> 
> %VMSINSTAL-I-RESTORE, Restoring product save set B ...
> %SPM-I-CONTINUE, Restore of saveset B complete, now linking the SPM components
> %LINK-W-NUDFSYMS, 3 undefined symbols:
> %LINK-I-UDFSYM,         BOO$GL_SRPSPLIT
> %LINK-I-UDFSYM,         SGN$GL_SRPCNTV
> %LINK-I-UDFSYM,         SGN$GL_SRPSIZE
> %LINK-W-USEUNDEF, undefined symbol SGN$GL_SRPSIZE referenced
>         in psect CODE offset %X0000073F
>         in module COLLECT_SYSTEM_PC file MYERS1$DKA300:[SYS0.SYSUPD.SPM034]SYSTE
> MPC.OLB;3
> %LINK-W-USEUNDEF, undefined symbol SGN$GL_SRPCNTV referenced
>         in psect CODE offset %X00000744
>         in module COLLECT_SYSTEM_PC file MYERS1$DKA300:[SYS0.SYSUPD.SPM034]SYSTE
> MPC.OLB;3
> %LINK-W-USEUNDEF, undefined symbol BOO$GL_SRPSPLIT referenced
>         in psect CODE offset %X00000757
>         in module COLLECT_SYSTEM_PC file MYERS1$DKA300:[SYS0.SYSUPD.SPM034]SYSTE
> MPC.OLB;3
> %VMSINSTAL-E-INSFAIL, The installation of SPM V3.4 has failed.
> 
> I've tried setting the symbols myself, using BOO$GL_SRPSPLIT == 0 for example, but that didn't change anything.  Also tried setting the time in to something before Y2K, but nope.
> 
> SYSGEN values are above what the installation guide says SPM requires.
> 
> So I'd thought I'd ask here and see what the folks on here think.  If someone happens to have SPM 3.3 easily available I could try that.

The linker is trying to talk to you.  It's saying it encountered 3 symbols it 
should resolve, but has no modules available for those symbols.

My first guess is that SPM has some prerequisites.  Only a guess, I never used SPM.