Re: Patching: some questions from a relative newbie
- From: Bob Gezelter <gezelter@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:08:19 -0700 (PDT)
On Mar 22, 4:45 am, Zack Kline <Z_kl...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I go through phases with OpenVMS it seems. Not having any real
hardware to worry about means that I can switch on the emulated system
whenever I care to, and leave it off for six months or a year.
Theoretically it'll just be fine when I get back. Anyhow, I'm in one
of those phases now, with some questions about patches and versions of
OpenVMS.
I have Personal Alpha, and what seems to be VMS 8.2. I say seems to
be because because of a strange result I got when patching today. I
tried to install PCI-v0200, which I understand is a recommendation for
everybody. It didn't install, claiming that the dependent product,
DEC AXP OpenVMS V8.2, wasn't installed.
The system I have says 'Welcome to OpenVMS Alpha Operating System,
Version E8.2' when I log in. What is this E business? It seems to
conflict with installations.
Another patch-related question for you guys. I saw the 1100 Update
patch for v8.2. I couldn't install it, naturally, because of the
failed PCSI one. What I was wondering is what about patches I don't
really need? Patches for an ADA runtime library which doesn't exist
on my system, for instance. I'm just a little confused about that,
but the thought of manually picking and choosing patches I do need
scares me to death in more ways than one. I'll die of boredom and/or
strained fingers from typing the same commands over and over.
Any help or information about these questions would be appreciated.
I'm slowly trying to learn the ropes, but it's slow going. So it
goes.
Thanks,
Zack.
Zack,
Welcome to Comp.os.vms. You are not the first to ask such a question,
and I am sure that others merely sit in silence.
From my memory, without checking my files, it sounds like you arerunning the pre-release kit ("Early adoptors kit"). The patches are
against the actual release. The first step is to update your version
of OpenVMS to either 8.2 or 8.3 (I presume that you are running for
private educational purposes under the Hobbyist program).
Once you have updated the system to the actual release, you will be
able to apply all of the patches as issues.
As to the missing ADA library, I would suspect that ADA was released
AFTER the early adopters kit was issued. Switching to the real release
will resolve that problem as well.
- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com
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