Kit Name:

     ALPSYSB01_071


Kits superseded by this kit:

     ALPSYS17_071, ALPSYS09_071, ALPSYS04_071


Kit Dependencies:

     The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE installation
     of this, or any required kit:

     None.


     In order to receive all the corrections listed  in  this  kit,  the
     following remedial kits should also be installed:

     None.


Kit Description:

     Version(s) of OpenVMS to which this kit may be applied:

     OpenVMS Alpha V7.1, V7.1-1H1, V7.1-1H2


     Files patched or replaced:


      o  [SYS$LDR]CLASS_SCHEDULER.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$STARTUP]LDR$WRAPUP.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]LOGICAL_NAMES.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SECURITY.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SHELL16K.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SHELL32K.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SHELL64K.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SHELL8K.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SYSDEVICE.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SYSGETSYI.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SYSLICENSE.EXE (new image)

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      o  [SYS$LDR]SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION_MIN.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION_PRF.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SYSTEM_SYNCHRONIZATION_UNI.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYSLIB]VMS$IEEE_HANDLER.EXE (new image)



Problems addressed in ALPSYSB01_071 kit


      o  The AUDIT server runs into an access violation in  kernel  mode
         when it encounters an unknown security class.

      o  Some Java  computer  language  code  failed  due  to  incorrect
         floating point results.  The problems that occurred are:

         1.  Adding two floating point values which should result in 0.0
             in  some  cases  (if  one  of the two operands is negative)
             gives a -0.0 result.  The IEEE  standard  states  that  the
             result should be 0.0.

         2.  Adding/Subtracting 0  and  a  denormal  value  yields  zero
             instead  of  the  denormal  value.   (A denormal value is a
             number between zero and the smallest finite number.)

         3.  A  negative  double  float  converted  to  a  float  yields
             +infinity instead of -infinity.




Problems addressed in ALPSYS17_071 kit


      o  A SSRVEXCEPT crash occurred early in the boot  process  when  a
         new  'fixed'  image  was  used.  The Signal Array had an ACCVIO
         with   the   message   code   in    the    offending    PC    =
         EXE$WRTMAILBOX+00C1C and in the operand = EXE$DELMBX+006E4.



Problems addressed in ALPSYS09_071 kit


      o  Several of the Java validation suite tests are failing  due  to
         some  incorrect  floating  point  results.   When  a very small
         double value is cast to a float, it turns  into  an  apparently
         random  float  value rather than zero.  Similarly, a very large
         double value, which should turn into infinity when  cast  to  a
         float, turns into another random value.


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Problems addressed in ALPSYS07_071 kit


      o  Fix incorrect ILLEGAL_SHADOW error  when  printing  pages  from
         Netscape Navigator.



Problems addressed in ALPSYS04_071 kit


      o  A DOUBLDEALO BUGCHECK during process rundown, caused by  double
         deallocation of a memory block.

         There is a small window of opportunity between the time the ORB
         is  deallocate  and  the time its address is cleared in the UNC
         that the image could be interrupted and a rundown thread  could
         pick up the ORB address and try to deallocate it again.



Kit Installation Rating:

     The following kit  installation  rating,  based  upon  current  CLD
     information,  is  provided  to  serve as a guide to which customers
     should apply this remedial kit.  (Reference attached Disclaimer  of
     Warranty and Limitation of Liability Statement)

     INSTALLATION RATING:

       1 : To  be  installed  by  all  customers.



Installation Instructions:

     Install this kit with the VMSINSTAL utility  by  logging  into  the
     SYSTEM account, and typing the following at the DCL prompt:

         @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL ALPSYSB01_071 [location of the saveset]

     The saveset location may be a tape drive, or a disk directory  that
     contains the kit saveset.

     The images in this kit will not take effect  until  the  system  is
     rebooted.

     If you have other nodes in your VMS  cluster,  they  must  also  be
     rebooted  in  order  to make use of the new image(s).  If it is not
     possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at this time, a
     rolling re-boot may be performed.


     Copyright  (c)  Digital  Equipment  Corporation,  1998  All  Rights
     Reserved.   Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of
     the United States.

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