[Info-vax] Vax zip.exe that won't run on a particular computer

[jcwoman1963 at hotmail.com]

On Oct 6, 2:34 pm, Bob Gezelter <gezel... at rlgsc.com> wrote:
> On Oct 6, 1:06 pm, jcwoman1... at hotmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi,
> >    I have two Vaxes, the hardware isn't identical, but they're both
> > running VMS 6.2.   On my machine, the zip.exe works fine.  I kermitted
> > it to the other machine, made sure that it's file format stayed
> > correct so that it's runnable.  (Fixed, 512, etc)   When I try to run
> > it on the other computer I get this error:
>
> > %system-f-roprand, reserved operand fault at pc=..... etc
> > %trace-f-traceback, symbolic stack dump follows
> > %trace-i-nocalls, no active call frame
>
> >   Can I fix the file so that it works, or is it hosed?   Unfortunately
> > access to this machine is limited to a 2400-baud dialup modem, so it's
> > hard to get things off the internet over to it.  I can't think of what
> > causes the very same file to work on my machine but not this other
> > one.  Ideas?
>
> jcwoman,
>
> To confirm that the file is intact, try "round-tripping" it back to
> the original machine albeit with a different name. Then use
> DIFFERENCES to compare the two files (they should match).
>
> Remember that executable images are not inherently complete. All use
> the RTL. Have you checked if the list of patches differs on the two
> machines?
>
> - Bob Gezelter,http://www.rlgsc.com

Ah, I bet it's the RTL differences most likely.   Sorry but it's been
a long time... can you tell me how to check the patches on a Vax?

And to follow up on Vaxman's suggestion, I can do ANAL/IMAGE.  Can I
fix it with that, also, or just confirm that it's broken?

FWIW, I kermitted the unzip.exe the same exact way and it's working
fine.  However, there could be version differences between the zip and
unzip images.