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OpenVMS Associated Products Release Notes

3.11 Installing Compaq Open3D on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3

V7.3

During installation of Open3D on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3, an older version

of the SYS$LOADABLE_IMAGES:SYS$GYCDRIVER.EXE image is installed.

Before you install Open3D on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3 perform one of the

following tasks:

• Create a backup copy of the SYS$LOADABLE_

IMAGES:SYS$GYCDRIVER.EXE image. Once Open3D is installed, restore

the backup copy of SYS$LOADABLE_IMAGES:SYS$GYCDRIVER.EXE.

• Do not purge ﬁles during the Open3D installation, and enter the following

command after installation:

$ RENAME SYS$LOADABLE_IMAGES:SYS$GYCDRIVER.EXE;-1 ;0

3.12 Pascal (Alpha Only)—Installing Compaq Pascal Version 5.5

After an Upgrade

V7.3

After upgrading to OpenVMS, you should reinstall Compaq Pascal to produce

new versions of STARLET.PAS and other deﬁnition ﬁles to match the upgraded

system.

If you do not reinstall Compaq Pascal after upgrading to OpenVMS, the compiler

on your system will still work correctly. However, STARLET.PAS and the other

deﬁnition ﬁles will not contain any new or corrected deﬁnitions supplied by the

OpenVMS upgrade.

Note that because of changes in OpenVMS, the Compaq Pascal Version 5.5 kit

can sometimes go into an inﬁnite loop when it is installed on OpenVMS Alpha.

This problem is solved in Compaq Pascal Version 5.6.

3.13 DEC PL/I—RTL Support for OpenVMS

V7.3

There is a known incompatibility between the PL/I RTL distributed with

the OpenVMS operating system and the more recent PL/I RTL owned and

distributed by Kednos Corporation. The older version shipped with the OpenVMS

operating system may overwrite a newer version. The image in question is

SYS$LIBRARY:DPLI$RTLSHR.EXE.

OpenVMS distributes the following version of the ﬁle, which can be identiﬁed by

using the ANALYZE/IMAGE command:

Image Identification Information

image name: "DPLI$RTLSHR"

image file identification: "V4.0-6"

If you perform an ANALYZE/IMAGE command before upgrading to OpenVMS

V7.3 and ﬁnd a newer version of DPLI$RTLSHR.EXE, you either copy it and

restore it after the upgrade or reinstall the PL/I kit afterward.

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