Install Ghostscript on Alpha OpenVMS 7.3

[Duncan Berriman]

Hi,

I am trying to install the GHOSTSCRIPT-V0854.PCSI_SFX_AXPEXE kit provided here http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=06/08/16/6936194 by Mark Berryman

However when I try and use PRODUCT INSTALL on the kit it fails with the following.

%PCSI-I-PRCOUTPUT, output from subprocess follows ...

%LINK-W-NUDFSYMS, 2 undefined symbols:

%LINK-W-USEUNDEF, undefined symbol DECC$GXVSNPRINTF referenced

in psect $LINK$ offset %X00000170

in module JBIG2 file PCSI$SOURC

%LINK-W-USEUNDEF, undefined symbol XINITIMAGE referenced

in psect $LINK$ offset %X000000C0

in module GDEVX file PCSI$SOURCE:[GS.



%PCSI-E-ASSEMERR, error assembling file [GS.BIN]GS.EXE_AXP

%PCSI-E-OPFAILED, operation failed

Anyone any ideas why?

Has anyone had any success building from source if so I'd be interested in any notes etc. I managed to get it to build from source after a lot of messing about with the mmk files but it just access violates.

Thanks
Duncan

[Duncan Morris · Accepted solution]

Hi Duncan,

welcome to the ITRC OpenVMS forum!

You indicate that you are using VMS 7.3 - is this vanilla 7.3, or 7.3-2?

Can you check that you have DECwindows Motif installed?

Which ACRTL patches do you have installed (if any!).

These link errors are likely to related to missing components.

I have Ghostscript 8.54 installed and running quite happily on a VMS7.3-2 system.

Regards,

Duncan

[Duncan Morris]

Hi again!

I have looked at the map from the link operation in the PCSI kit, and it shows that three installed images are referenced by the link.

(see attached file)

This will be where the missing symbols are defined.

So, it looks as though you do not have Motify installed on the system which you were using. This is a pre-requisite for the kit.


Duncan

[Duncan Berriman]

> You indicate that you are using VMS 7.3 - is this vanilla 7.3, or 7.3-2?

7.3

> Can you check that you have DECwindows Motif installed?

How can I do this?

> Which ACRTL patches do you have installed (if any!).

Could you explain - sorry new to this

Thanks for your help.

Duncan

[Duncan Berriman]

Looks like I have the files present.

Directory SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]
DECW$XLIBSHR.EXE;1 2307 22-FEB-2001 13:17:54.71
DECW$XMLIBSHR12.EXE;1
4252 22-FEB-2001 13:23:49.65
DECW$XTLIBSHRR5.EXE;1
798 22-FEB-2001 13:21:25.32

[Duncan Berriman]

Sorry didn't look at your first attachment

prod show prod/full dwm*
----------------------------------- ----------- ------------ -------------------
---------------- -----------------------------------
PRODUCT KIT TYPE STATE MAINTENANCE
REFERENCED BY
----------------------------------- ----------- ------------ -------------------
---------------- -----------------------------------
DEC AXPVMS DWMOTIF V1.2-6 Full LP Installed
DEC AXPVMS OPENVMS V7.3
----------------------------------- ----------- ------------ -------------------
---------------- -----------------------------------

1 item found

[Duncan Morris]

Hi,

check for Motify with

$ PROD SHOW PROD/FULL DWMOTIF

check for patches

$ PROD SHOW PROD/FULL VMS

Those DECW$ imagaes look a little old. You will proably want to get recent patches for DECwindows Motif. Let us see the results from your PROD listings.

Symbol XINITIMAGE is defined in DECW$XLIBSHR.EXE

Duncan

[Duncan Berriman]

Hi Duncan,

See attached.

Regards Duncan
PS. My mums maiden name is Morris. Spookey!

[Duncan Morris]

Hi,

I do not have an old V7.3 system to check the Motif images, so I cannot say whether these symbols exist in your images.

Try looking at your images using the commands in this attachment:-

Are you unable to upgrade to VMS 7.3-2 and Motif 1.3-1 ?


Duncan

[Duncan Morris]

Ouch, this system is quite a way behind in terms of patches!

See the master list for V7.3 at

ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V7.3/ALPHA_V73_MASTER_ECO_LIST.txt

Duncan

(we Morris' get everywhere!)

[Duncan Berriman]

pipe anal/imag decc$shr | sea sys$input gxvsnprintf
%SEARCH-I-NOMATCHES, no strings matched

pipe anal/imag sys$share:decw$xlibshr | sea sys$input xinitimage
symbol: "_XINITIMAGEFUNCPTRS"

So I guess that means upgrade DECC and DECWINDOWS at a minimum.

Not my box but I'll get them to do it. I'd already noticed C was very old.

Thanks
Duncan

[Duncan Berriman]

Duncan

Thanks for your help all working now.

Duncan