[Info-vax] Problem with VMS732_DEBUG-v2 patch

[norm.raphael at metso.com]

Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>  wrote on 
10/06/2009 01:12:29 PM:

> On 2009-10-06, DaveG <david.gudewicz at abbott.com> wrote:
> >
> > Heads up:
> >
> > The following product will be installed to destination:
> >     DEC AXPVMS VMS732_DEBUG V2.0           DISK$ALPHASYS:[VMS$COMMON.]
> >
> > Portion done: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...70%...80%...90%
> > %PCSI-I-SPAWNEXE, error executing: @PCSI$SOURCE:[SYSUPD]
> > PCSI_POSTINSTALL.COM
> >
> > %PCSI-E-EXEPSTFAIL, product supplied EXECUTE POSTINSTALL procedure
> > failed
> > -DELETE-E-DELVER, explicit version number or wild card required
> 
> You have got to be joking. :-(
> 
> I can have _some_ understanding for logic type errors in the kits, at
> least while the new team get up to speed, but that kind of syntax error
> should have been caught during the first round of testing.

It's much worse than syntax.  The offending lines end with ".EXE" but 
should end with ".EXE_OLD;" AFAICT.

They are looking into it.

> 
> I hope this isn't a sign of the quality of the patch kits to come. :-(
> 
> Simon.
> 
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