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Title:Zap Technical Conference
Notice:ZAP Version 5.3 is available. See note 1.1
Moderator:ZAPDEV::MACONI
Created:Mon Feb 24 1986
Last Modified:Mon May 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:170
Total number of notes:492

28.0. "Bug, Version 3.5-2 Available" by MRMFG1::K_MACONI (The Doctor) Mon Oct 20 1986 12:59

    I received the following problem description relating to Zap V3.5-1.
    
       After Zap version 3.5-1 was installed on my system, 11/780 VMS 4.4,
    Zap immediately crashed with the following ZAP.ERR file:
    
    %SYSTEM-F-SUBRNG, arithmetic trap,
     subscript out of range at PC=0000462E, PSL=03C00004
    %TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows
    module name routine name                     line       rel PC    abs PC
    ZAP         SEND_WARNING                     1838      000000F2  0000462E
    ZAP         CHECK_FOR_EXCESS_TIME            2116      00000303  0000419F
    ZAP         NAIL_USERS                       2191      0000008F  00003E7B
    ZAP         ZAP                              2326      000001A5  000012E9

    Due to some changes the routines which send out warning messages
    to users which occurred in Version 3.5, the SEND_WARNING function
    has a bug in it which causes Zap to crash on certain systems.  Although
    the problem is actually a coding error, it does not seem to show
    up on all systems.
    
    The problem has been fixed an a minor release of Zap, Version 3.5-2,
    has been released which fixes this problem.  See note 1.1 for the
    location of the new kit.
    
    (Note: VMS version 4.3 does not seem to "blow up" so you do not
           need to upgrade Zap unless it fails.)
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28.1VMS 4.3 also affectedMRMFG3::K_MACONIThe DoctorThu Oct 23 1986 12:232
    It appears that this problem is also cropping up on VMS V4.3 systems
    at times.  The 3.5-2 version fixes this problem.