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

[jcwoman1963 at hotmail.com]

On Oct 6, 2:55 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <fc3c4556-521b-4875-b40a-88419cca1... at v2g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, jcwoman1... at hotmail.com writes:
>
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> >On Oct 6, 2:34=A0pm, Bob Gezelter <gezel... at rlgsc.com> wrote:
> >> On Oct 6, 1:06=A0pm, jcwoman1... at hotmail.com wrote:
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> >> > Hi,
> >> > =A0 =A0I have two Vaxes, the hardware isn't identical, but they're both
> >> > running VMS 6.2. =A0 On my machine, the zip.exe works fine. =A0I kermit=
> >ted
> >> > it to the other machine, made sure that it's file format stayed
> >> > correct so that it's runnable. =A0(Fixed, 512, etc) =A0 When I try to r=
> >un
> >> > it on the other computer I get this error:
>
> >> > %system-f-roprand, reserved operand fault at pc=3D..... etc
> >> > %trace-f-traceback, symbolic stack dump follows
> >> > %trace-i-nocalls, no active call frame
>
> >> > =A0 Can I fix the file so that it works, or is it hosed? =A0 Unfortunat=
> >ely
> >> > 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. =A0I can't think of wha=
> >t
> >> > causes the very same file to work on my machine but not this other
> >> > one. =A0Ideas?
>
> >> 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?
>
> It's only to $ ANALYZE the /IMAGE, it won't fix it.  One of the
> things it can show you are the shareable image idents that the
> program is looking for and check the actual idents on your system.
> If, as per Bob G's suggestion the RTLs are out of synch, you will
> see which.  THere are only a FEW images that ZIP is linked against.
> The C RTL, LIBRTL and LIBOTS.
>
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Okay thanks, I'll try this.