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Title:DEC Pascal Notes
Notice:See note 1 for kits. Bug reports to CLT::DEC_PASCAL_BUGS
Moderator:TLE::REAGAN
Created:Sat Jan 25 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2675
Total number of notes:13409

2663.0. "OpenVMS Alpha 7.1 - Pascal 5.5 _not_ supported?" by VNASWS::WILFRIED (Wilfried Bergmann, Austria) Fri Mar 14 1997 06:25

A customer pointed this out to me:

On the Mar97 layered prod CD, in the [README] directory is a file called
SW_COMPAT_MATRIX.TXT which states that:

DEC Pascal for OpenVMS AXP Systems V5.5 supports OpenVMS 7.0 as the
highest VMS version.

Is this really true? If yes, what are the reasons for that?

The customer wants to upgrade to OpenVMS 7.1 but can't if there's no Pascal
compiler!

Regards,
	Wilfried

P.S.: There is also a mismatch in the min version of VMS to be supported:

			OpenVMS Alpha min 	OpenVMS Alpha max
			supported version	supported version
SW_COMPAT_MATRIX.TXT		6.2			7.0
SPD on Mar97 Alpha CD		6.1			7.0
                               ^^^^^
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2663.1TLE::REAGANAll of this chaos makes perfect senseFri Mar 14 1997 08:3617
    The min version in the SW_COMPAT_MATRIX.TXT is indeed incorrect.  The
    min version is indeed V6.1.
    
    As for the max version, there is a problem with 'INSTALLING' V5.5-51
    from the CDROM onto a V7.1 system.  The installation will infinite
    loop if you ask to install the STARLET libraries.  If you have an
    existing Pascal compiler on your system before the upgrade, that will
    still work after the upgrade.  If you install V5.5-51 and don't ask for 
    the STARLET libraries, that will work also.
    
    If you want to install AND build the STARLET libraries on a V7.1
    system, you'll need V5.5-53 or better (ECO #1 in TIMA) will do the
    trick.  The next time we submit on the CDROM, we'll say V7.1.  Right
    now, I'm a little unsure of exactly when will get on the next CDROM.
    Hopefully sometime this summer.
    
    				-John
2663.2re. .-1 Thanks but where is the internal kit with the ECO?MSE1::KOSTASHe is great who confers the most benefits.Fri Mar 14 1997 08:5823
    re. .-1
    
    Thanks for the info,
    
      I too have being trying to install DEC Pascal V5.5 on an AlphaServer 400 
    running OpenVMS 7.1 unsuccessfully. The first time the installation
    complained about not enough pagefile quota (or something similar), so I
    modified the sysuaf entry for the SYSTEM account and tried again with
    no positive results.
    
    So where is the internal kit with the ECO? I read the TIMA article on
    this but could not get the Pascal kit from: 52413::TIMA$TOOLS:PASCAL_E2055.A
    
    Regards,
    
    Kostas
    
    BTW: a directory of the area gives a protection violation
    <msedv1> cat 52413::TIMA$TOOLS:PASCAL_E2055.A
    
    Directory 52413::TD:[TIMA.TOOLS_DIR]
    
    PASCAL_E2055.A;*   insufficient privilege or object protection violation
2663.3TLE::REAGANAll of this chaos makes perfect senseFri Mar 14 1997 10:524
    The current network kit at TLE::PAS3$:[PASCAL.KITS.OPENVMS_ALPHA]
    will install just fine on V7.1.
    
    				-John
2663.4lastest kit from .3 works for me on V7.1MSE1::KOSTASHe is great who confers the most benefits.Fri Mar 14 1997 12:465
    Thanks John,
    
       I just installed the kit in .3 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 with NO problems.
    
    /Kostas