Opened 3 years ago
Closed 12 months ago
#309 closed defect (fixed)
Inconsistency between linker and info search paths for AML library directories.
| Reported by: | Gary Dixon | Owned by: | Eric Swenson |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | MR12.9 |
| Component: | Standard Library | Version: | MR12.8 |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
Now that MR12.8 tapes are including an Auth Maint set of library directories, there is an inconsistency between default linker search paths (which include the >aml executable directory) and info search path (which do not include the >doc>aml_info info directory); and translator search paths (which do not include the >ldd>aml>include include directory).
The current defaults have long included the >aml dir in the default linker search paths; but contents of that directory was not previously included with distribution tapes for a new release. So on most sites, that directory was not created (does not exist) and therefore did not show up in "psp linker" display, even though the directory was defined by the search_paths_ defaults. [At least I think that is how is works.]
This inconsistency causes customers to notice commands/subroutines in >aml, but not find info segments describing the commands/subrs using help command.
This problem was introduced with MR12.8 release, but deemed not important enough to repair prior to issuing that release. So it should be consider for repair in whatever release(s) follow MR12.8.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 17 months ago
| Milestone: | → MR12.9 |
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| Status: | new → accepted |
| Version: | → MR12.8 |
The default search paths are defined by >sss>search_list_defaults_. In order to change the default search paths, we have to update search_list_defaults_.cds, translate the CDS to a data segment, and install the new versions.