Patch/iX is supposed to be included on any PP tape or reactive patch
tape. In the case of PP3, version B.00.10 is on the tape. I have not
checked PP4 yet.

John Burke
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Bixby [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 1998 3:24 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      gcc/LBCJXT6A troubles caused by Patch/iX
>
> I have solved the gcc/LBCJXT6A unresolved externals problem that I
> mentioned
> a while back.
>
> The "fine print" in the documentation for LBCJXT6A says that if you
> are going
> to use Patch/iX to install it, the version of Patch/iX must be B.00.09
> or
> later.  I confess that I somehow missed reading this requirement, and
> so
> my A.00.08 version of Patch/iX seemingly installed the patch
> correctly, but
> actually omitted the required ;shared paramter when relinking the
> system
> library.  Without ;shared, symbols that are supposed to be exported
> aren't,
> and they remain internal and unavailable to POSIX programs like gcc
> which
> require them.
>
> In the past, I've seen Patch/iX fail trying to install patches, but
> this is
> the first time where it said it installed one properly but really
> didn't.
>
> So I asked they HPRC for the latest Patch/iX, and they downloaded
> B.00.11 to
> me.  I rebooted back to the BASE stage, and then used the new Patch/iX
> to
> create another LBCJXT6A stage.  I rebooted from the new stage, and gcc
> is now
> happy.
>
> This experience raises two issues:
>
> 1) There doesn't appear to be a patch which contains the latest
> Patch/iX on
> the HP ESC web site.  The HPRC had to dial into my system and manually
> download
> it.  New versions of Patch/iX should probably be made available as
> publicly
> downloadable patches.
>
> 2) Certain patches require certain versions of Patch/iX in order to be
> successful.  Instead of just documenting this in the free text patch
> documentation, why not add a new data attribute to patches that
> contains the
> minimum required version of Patch/iX.  When you run Patch/iX, it would
> compare
> its own version with the required version of each patch, and then tell
> you if
> you have a problem, rather than just silently doing the wrong thing
> and
> messing up your machine.
>
> People thinking of installing PP4 with Patch/iX will definitely want
> to obtain
> the latest Patch/iX first, because PP4 includes LBCJXT6A which will
> mess up
> your machine if you use the old Patch/iX.
> --
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