[Info-vax] Problem with sem_open() call

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-09-21 17:20:51 +0000, Alexander Saprykin said:

> Are here in the group any developers from the VMS Software to check it 
> in the VMS source? I don't know whom to contact to clarify this issue. 
> I still unsure if it is a bug or not, maybe underlying (I guess) 
> Distributed Lock Manager need to be configured or something else.

Folks from VSI do follow this newsgroup.   They will probably see this 
thread.    As for HPE, you'd have to have somebody with a support 
contract log a call.   Same path (officially) for reporting bugs and 
requesting fixes from VSI, too.

> I mean it is a primary use case of the POSIX named semaphores, I do not 
> believe they released a new API without testing it. If it is a bug, it 
> can affect lot of other software which can be potentially ported on 
> OpenVMS.

I don't see an error in your code, and I do see the misbehavior, and 
that's with fairly recent OpenVMS Alpha running on a supported Alpha 
box.   Which usually means there's a bug in the code, and a gap in the 
testing.   OpenVMS has had its share of bugs over the years, as have 
other platforms.


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