Patch VMS732_ACRTL-V0200 Question/Problem

[Roger_Fraser]

Has anyone else had the problem that, after applying this patch, the images SYS$COMMON:[SYSUPD]COMPARE_TIMES.EXE and SYS$COMMON:[SYSUPD]LIBEXT.EXE are missing?

Interestingly only the LIBEXT.EXE image was saved in the [PCSI$UNDO_*....] tree.

[Duncan Morris · Accepted solution]

Hi Roger,

from what I can see, LIBEXT.EXE is used by the patch UNDO operation to extract headers from the restored DECC$RTLDEF.TLB when undoing the patch. I was unable to locate any copy of COMPARE_TIMES.EXE

I doubt that these images existed in SYSUPD before the patch install. They would likely be placed there during the installation, for use during an UNDO operation.

[Roger_Fraser]

Hi Duncan,

Thanks for the reply - very useful.

All I can say is that the previous version of this patch left both images behind in [SYSUPD]. However, as it doesn't seem to be causing a problem (so far anyway), I am not going to worry further about it!

Cheers

[Roger_Fraser]

The reply gave me the info I needed.