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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

1272.0. "DECW$SETSHODIS writeable?" by MU::PORTER (still life with prawn cocktail) Mon Aug 14 1989 19:14

Just to satisfy my own curiosity...

why is DECW$SETSHODIS.EXE installed 'writeable' ?


In fact, this seems to be a strange beasty all round.  It's a shareable,
linkable image, but it's also installed with /PRIV=CMEXEC, and appears
to be executed as a main image by SET/SHOW DISPLAY.

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1272.1PRAVDA::JACKSONMon Aug 14 1989 22:309
    This is odd, and I get errors when backing up my disk.  Why would
    an EXE ever be installed writable?
    
    
    -bill
    
    VMS V5.2, DECwindows FT1
    

1272.2useful, but here?QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centTue Aug 15 1989 00:196
    ... if it had some global PSECTs that it wanted shared across all
    processes on the system.  But this makes no sense to me for
    this image.
    
    				Steve

1272.3local cockpit error of some sort?PSW::WINALSKIMeetings are our most important productTue Aug 15 1989 00:584
It isn't installed writeable on my system (SSB V5.2).

--PSW

1272.4DECwindows V2 does itQUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centTue Aug 15 1989 09:1513
    It IS installed writeable on my system (SSB V5.2, DW V2FT1).  Here's
    the commands from DECW$STARTUP.COM:
    
$! Install decwindows set display command parsing
$!
$ if f$file("sys$system:decw$setshodis.exe","known") -
	then install replace sys$system:decw$setshodis.exe/priv=(CMEXEC)-
		/writeable/share/header/open
$ if .not. f$file("sys$system:decw$setshodis.exe","known") -
	then install create sys$system:decw$setshodis/open/share/header -
			/priv=(CMEXEC)/writeable
    

1272.5Wierd...QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centTue Aug 15 1989 09:196
    Looking at this closer, I suspect something wrong - the image has THREE
    writeable global image sections.  I don't see any purpose in even one.
    I'll QAR it.
    
    				Steve

1272.6STAR::ORGOVANVince OrgovanTue Aug 15 1989 23:104
    This is a bug. We caught it shortly after FT shipped. There is no 
    workaround at the moment, short of waiting for a new decw$setshodis
    image. The fix will appear in the T5.3 internal field test release.

1272.7MU::PORTERstill life with prawn cocktailWed Aug 16 1989 00:347
    Well, I don't really need a workaround - just thought I'd
    make sure someone knew about this weirdness.
    
    --
    
    T5.3?  When that?