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Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 1 Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Announcements SoftBench 6.X is the latest version of HP’s premier Integrated Development Environment for C and C++ software developers. This version of SoftBench provides the same tight integration (editing, building, debugging) that has always been available from SoftBench. SoftBench 6.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 What’s in this Version What’s in this Version SoftBench 6.X is a visual development environment for C and C++ professionals who are developing software for HP-UX. • Benefits — The SoftBench 6.X environment offers a number of ways to develop software more effectively: — Natural Interaction with the Development Environment: Version 6.X introduces a different use model to SoftBench users - The Project Model.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 What’s in this Version — SoftBench CM: SoftBench CM is ideal for managing geographically dispersed development teams. Unlike other configuration management systems, SoftBench CM requires no additional infrastructure and there is no need for a dedicated configuration management administrator. SoftBench CM is bundled with both C and C++ SoftBench. — Integrated XEmacs Editor: SoftBench 6.X uses XEmacs as its default source code editor.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds This section describes known problems in SoftBench 6.80. For the latest list of problems and workarounds, refer to the URL: http://www.devresource.hp.com/softbench/ Before running SoftBench 6.80, you should be aware of the following problems and workarounds: The HP cfront-based C++ compiler has been removed from SoftBench The HP cfront-based C++ compiler (HP C-Plus-Plus) is no longer bundled with SoftBench.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Known Problems and Workarounds • SoftBench XEmacs and .emacs Files Not all .emacs files are compatible with XEmacs. Because of this, SoftBench XEmacs does not automatically load .emacs files. If a .emacs file is detected, SoftBench XEmacs displays a button labeled “Load .emacs”. This button may be hard to see, depending on how colors are defined in your XEmacs environment. You can modify this behavior by setting the environment variable “SB_LOAD_DOT_EMACS”.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Known Problems and Workarounds • An A.03.13 and newer aCC option has the potential to break the SoftBench Debugger and DDE on HP-UX 10.20 and 11.0 The A.03.13 and newer version of the HP aC++ compiler working with an HP linker with a what string date of 981120 or later contains a the feature, the +objdebug option. This option instructs the compiler and linker to store debug information in the *.o object files instead of adding that information into the executable.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Prerequisites for SoftBench are listed in the Installing SoftBench manual. This section describes additional installation information that is not covered in the manual. Required Patches SoftBench requires a patch on HP-UX 10.20 and HP-UX 11.0X. For the latest patch information, refer to the URL: http://devresource.hp.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements HP-UX 11.0X patches: • Patches required for Workstations (s700) and Servers (s800) running HP-UX 11.0X: PHSS_23823 s700_800 11.00 X/Motif2.1 Runtime April 2001 Cumulative Patch PHSS_23797 s700_800 11.00 CDE Runtime April 2001 Periodic Patch PHNE_22086 s700_800 11.00 Fix for Streams Pty MP race condition • Patches required for a SoftBench CM server (that does not have SoftBench installed) running on HP-UX 11.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compiler Patch Information • If you are using any of the following compilers/tools see the appropriate Release Note for patch information. Compiler: Release Note Location aC++ /opt/aCC/newconfig/RelNotes/ACXX.release.notes C-ANSI-C /opt/ansic/newconfig/RelNotes/ansic.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Using SoftBench with ClearCase views SoftBench makes a fundamental assumption that an absolute pathname always identifies the same, unique file. Since absolute pathnames in different views can refer to different files, do not start any SoftBench process from a shell that is set to a view. As you work, use view-extended pathnames to indicate the desired context(s).
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Installation Problems • Installing SoftBench 6.X removed SoftBench 5.X from your system To restore SoftBench 5.X: 1. Remove SoftBench 6.X. 2. Reinstall Softbench 5.X. 3. Install any SoftBench 5.X patches. 4. If you removed your Softbench 5.X licenses, you need to reinstall them. 5. Perform the command: mv /opt/softbench/config.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements • When you install SoftBench, X11MotifDevKit (which is bundled with SoftBench) emits the following message into the swagent.log file on HP-UX 10.20 and 11.0. The X11MotifDevKit emits the following spurious message into the swagent.log when SoftBench is installed. Please ignore this message, it will not affect your installation. * Running “preinstall” script for fileset “X11MotifDevKit.X11R6-PRG”.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version SoftBench 6.80 includes the following fixes: SR Number Description JAGad52434 XEmacs problem inputing Japanese characeters (10.20) JAGad52435 "sbparse" merge with aCC 3.30 JAGad52436 Rational’s ClearCase integration with SoftBench Tools (Softvi, SoftDDE and SoftXEmacs) JAGad89454 SoftCM “fmerge” defect in Japanese locale (11.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.80 Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages SoftBench 6.X is available in English and Japanese.
