Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 Edition 1 Manufacturing Part Number: 5991-0714 December 2004 United States © Copyright 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 1 Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 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, and debugging) that has always been available in SoftBench. SoftBench 6.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 What Is in This Version What Is in This Version SoftBench 6.x is a visual development environment for C and C++ professionals who develop 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 6.97 What Is 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 6.97 Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds This section describes the known problems in SoftBench 6.97. For the latest list of problems and workarounds, refer: http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/tech/tech_TechSoftwareDetailPage_IDX/1,1703,1722,00.ht ml Before running SoftBench 6.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 Known Problems and Workarounds • SoftBench XEmacs and .emacs Files SoftBench XEmacs does not automatically load .emacs files because all .emacs files are not compatible with XEmacs. If a .emacs file is detected, SoftBench XEmacs displays a button labeled “Load .emacs”. This clarity of the button depends on how colors are defined in your XEmacs environment . You can modify this behavior by setting the environment variable “SB_LOAD_DOT_EMACS”. If it is set to “TRUE,” the .
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 Known Problems and Workarounds • An A.03.13 and a Newer aCC Option can Break the SoftBench Debugger and DDE on HP-UX 10.20 and 11.0 The A.03.13 and the newer version of the HP aC++ compiler working with an HP linker with a what string date of 981120 or later contains 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 6.97 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements The prerequisites for installing SoftBench are listed in the Installing SoftBench manual. This section describes the additional installation information that is not covered in the manual. The Installing SoftBench manual is available at: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B6454-97011/B6454-97011.html Required Patches SoftBench requires a patch on HP-UX 10.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compiler Patch Information If you are using any of the following compilers/tools see the appropriate Release Notes for patch information. Compiler Release Notes Location aC++ /opt/aCC/newconfig/RelNotes/ACXX.release.notes C-ANSI-C /opt/ansic/newconfig/RelNotes/ansic.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 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 6.97 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Installation Problems • Installing SoftBench 6.x Removes SoftBench 5.X To restore SoftBench 5.X: 1. Remove SoftBench 6.x. 2. Reinstall Softbench 5.X. 3. Install the required SoftBench 5.X patches. 4. If you have removed your Softbench 5.X licenses, you must reinstall them. 5. Execute the command: mv /opt/softbench/config.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements • X11MotifDevKit Emits a Message to the swagent.log file on HP-UX 10.20 and 11.0. The X11MotifDevKit (bundled with SoftBench) 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 6.97 Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements WARNING This command forcibly removes the Cfront compilers. 2. Remove the SB6.97 bundle. Use swlist to determine which SoftBench bundles are installed. The C++ SoftBench bundles that need to be removed are: B6447EB, B6448EB, B6451EB, and B6452EB. Remove the C++ SoftBench bundles that you have installed using swremove.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version SoftBench 6.97 includes the following fixes: SR Number Description JAGaf05259 SBParse aborting with error - database is not open JAGaf12175 Modena failure - c0980202.
Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97 Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages SoftBench 6.x is available in English and Japanese.
