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i have run into some wierdness on several different sco6 (w/mp2)
boxes since i've started installing oss706C to patch DST issues.

old programs - ones that i did not compile, have no source on
or anything, that worked fine before 706c, now lock up when
drawing screen. must go to another screen to kill -9 them to
free up session. is not random, happens every time.

so far, kcv (a viewer binary that might still be on aplawrence site
somewhere) and SCO foxbase/foxplus are victims.

what kcv:
kcv: Microsoft a.out separate pure segmented word-swapped V2.3 V3.0 386
executable

what foxplus.pr:
foxplus.pr: Microsoft a.out separate pure segmented word-swapped
not-stripped V2.3 V3.0 386 executable

MP2 was already on, so it was not that - and i had never had earlier
versions of oss706, so i do not know if it is a difference between "C"
and "A" or "B" (assuming they ever saw light of day).

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-Joe Chasan- Magnatech Business Systems, Inc.
joe@magnatechonline.com Hicksville, NY - USA
http://www.MagnatechOnline.com Tel.(516) 931-4444/Fax.(516) 931-1264

You don't need oss706c to change DST. Just edit /etc/TIMEZONE from
TZ='PST8PDT'
to
TZ='PST8PDT7,M3.2.0/2:00,M11.1.0/2:00'
and reboot.

For what else oss706 does see
ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver6/600/patches/oss706c/oss706c.ltr.

FWIW I've been running oss706a w/o issue although I don't use kcv or
Foxpro.

--Ray Robert

Joe Chasan wrote:
> i have run into some wierdness on several different sco6 (w/mp2)
> boxes since i've started installing oss706C to patch DST issues.
>
> old programs - ones that i did not compile, have no source on
> or anything, that worked fine before 706c, now lock up when
> drawing screen. must go to another screen to kill -9 them to
> free up session. is not random, happens every time.
>
> so far, kcv (a viewer binary that might still be on aplawrence site
> somewhere) and SCO foxbase/foxplus are victims.
>
> what kcv:
> kcv: Microsoft a.out separate pure segmented word-swapped V2.3 V3.0 386
> executable
>
> what foxplus.pr:
> foxplus.pr: Microsoft a.out separate pure segmented word-swapped
> not-stripped V2.3 V3.0 386 executable
>
> MP2 was already on, so it was not that - and i had never had earlier
> versions of oss706, so i do not know if it is a difference between "C"
> and "A" or "B" (assuming they ever saw light of day).
>
> --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---
> -Joe Chasan- Magnatech Business Systems, Inc.
> joe@magnatechonline.com Hicksville, NY - USA
> http://www.MagnatechOnline.com Tel.(516) 931-4444/Fax.(516) 931-1264

On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 03:41:42PM -0800, ThreeStar wrote:
> You don't need oss706c to change DST. Just edit /etc/TIMEZONE from
> TZ='PST8PDT'
> to
> TZ='PST8PDT7,M3.2.0/2:00,M11.1.0/2:00'
> and reboot.

i'll admit it - i was too lazy to read man timezone(F)!

if a fix is not forthcoming, i'll have to pull oss706c and
make one up for EST. i supposed i'll have to do it for some of
the older boxes anyway.

> For what else oss706 does see
> ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver6/600/patches/oss706c/oss706c.ltr.

i read it, not sure - maybe the xenix emul fix broke this?

> ...

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-Joe Chasan- Magnatech Business Systems, Inc.
joe@magnatechonline.com Hicksville, NY - USA
http://www.MagnatechOnline.com Tel.(516) 931-4444/Fax.(516) 931-1264

On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 07:26:35PM -0500, Joe Chasan wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 03:41:42PM -0800, ThreeStar wrote:
> > You don't need oss706c to change DST. Just edit /etc/TIMEZONE from
> > TZ='PST8PDT'
> > to
> > TZ='PST8PDT7,M3.2.0/2:00,M11.1.0/2:00'
> > and reboot.
>
> i'll admit it - i was too lazy to read man timezone(F)!
>
> if a fix is not forthcoming, i'll have to pull oss706c and
> make one up for EST. i supposed i'll have to do it for some of
> the older boxes anyway.
>
> > For what else oss706 does see
> > ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver6/600/patches/oss706c/oss706c.ltr.
>
> i read it, not sure - maybe the xenix emul fix broke this?

indeed if i pull a pre-706c copy of xemul, this fixes the problem.
fix one thing break another?

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-Joe Chasan- Magnatech Business Systems, Inc.
joe@magnatechonline.com Hicksville, NY - USA
http://www.MagnatechOnline.com Tel.(516) 931-4444/Fax.(516) 931-1264

Joe Chasan wrote:

> i have run into some wierdness on several different sco6 (w/mp2)
> boxes since i've started installing oss706C to patch DST issues.
>
> old programs - ones that i did not compile, have no source on
> or anything, that worked fine before 706c, now lock up when
> drawing screen. must go to another screen to kill -9 them to
> free up session. is not random, happens every time.

Joe,

There is a bug in the xenix emulator in OSS706C
that is causing the hang.

We are working on a fix.

Regards,

John