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authorCraig A. Berry <craigberry@mac.com>2002-06-15 09:02:50 -0500
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-06-15 18:08:06 +0000
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README.vms, Multinet fix update
From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com> Message-Id: <a05111b12b9313d818599@[172.16.52.1]> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17253
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@@ -606,23 +606,23 @@ gethostbyname() or gethostbyaddr() using DEC or Compaq C with a
Multinet TCP/IP stack. The problem was noted in Multinet 4.3A
using either Compaq C 6.5 or DEC C 6.0, and with Multinet 4.2A
using DEC C 5.2, but could easily affect other versions of Multinet.
-A representative of Process Software Inc. has acknowledged a
-bug in the Multinet version of UCX$IPC_SHR for which there is
-an ECO forthcoming. If you see one or more tests in lib/Net/hostent
-fail we recommend that you apply the Multinet ECO when it becomes
-available from:
+Process Software Inc. has acknowledged a bug in the Multinet version
+of UCX$IPC_SHR and has provided an ECO for it. The ECO is called
+UCX_LIBRARY_EMULATION-010_A044 and is available from:
http://www.multinet.process.com/eco.html
-You may determine the version of Multinet that you are running using
-the command:
+As of this writing, the ECO is only available for Multinet versions
+4.3A and later. You may determine the version of Multinet that you
+are running using the command:
multinet show /version
from the DCL command prompt.
-If you cannot wait for the ECO from Process you might try using
-Perl programming constructs such as:
+If the ECO is unavailable for your version of Multinet and you are
+unable to upgrade, you might try using Perl programming constructs
+such as:
$address = substr($gethostbyname_addr,0,4);