[Info-vax] LM$MSG.EXE not a valid message file?

[George Cornelius]

In article <sk54hl$d1p$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes:
> On 2021-10-12 21:51:41 +0000, George Cornelius said:
> 
>> On EISNER, get this failure in a script called trymsglookup.com:
>> 
>> ...
>> LM$MSG$EXE - details below - is not a valid message file.
>> 
> 
> The only other executable in SYS$SYSROOT: that references LM$MSG is 
> MSGHLP$MAIN, and the contents within LM$MSG look bogus.
> 
> Looks broken.
> 
> Probably broken as distributed, but will have to confirm that on 
> another V8.4-2L2 box.
> 
> Any brokenness is for VSI to decide, though.
> 
> Pending a missive from the Burlingtonites, re-code your loop to skip 
> the file, or to otherwise suppress the error.

Thanks, Hoff!

It's been doing that for awhile, and it's a bit disconcerting when
deciphering an error message to get two errors back, one having nothing
at all to do with the original problem.

George