2.1b upgrade – include
16-Oct-91 18:14:08
Sb: #15553-2.1b upgrade – include
Fm: Lowell Von Ruden 72437,3604
To: Greg Comeau@Comeau Cmptg 72331,3421
OK, here are the details…
I ran the 2.1 installation program without problems. Then I un-LHARC'ed
the 2.1b file, and executed the specified script (which has an error, by
the way, it tries to copy alibc21c.lib instead of alibc21.lib). I then ran
the 2.1b include program (which I figured was probably left out of the
instructions since there was a new one in the 2.1b LZH file), which ran for
a while, listing the things it was converting. In the middle of running,
it stopped, and the system requester "Software Error – Task Held" popped
up, which of course led to the Guru.
After this, I realized that I forgot to run the 2.1 include program, and
thought that might be related to the crash. So I cleared everything off
and started over. This time, after installing 2.1, I ran the 2.1 include
program. It also crashed the system. I figured out that I had not made
all the CC*: assigns, so I did so and tried it again. This time the 2.1
include worked. (It doesn't seem very user friendly to me to crash the
machine just because some logical devices aren't assigned.) Then I did the
2.1b installation. I tried the 2.1b include program again, and it crashed
again in the same manner (and this time I had the logicals assigned). I
doesn't seem to matter what I do, the newer include program always crashes
the machine. Since you say I really don't need to run the newer include,
I'm all set up. But the crashing obviously means something is wrong.
p.s. Have any luck with that execute script you were making up for me?
— Lowell