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4. _B_u_g__F_i_x_e_s
Enumeration of all of the bugs that have been fixed in this
release is hardly informative, however the following list
highlights some of the more significant ones.
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ppppmmmmccccdddd and PMDAs
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Incident Summary
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pmcd dies unexpectedly
318112
Agents with sprocs are not cleaned up
correctly
344278
pmcd dumps core after several days
464135
pmcd fails to start if
/var/flexlm/license.dat does not exist
489330
pmdacisco seg fault
501030
pmcd dumps core on the host maxscsi
527841
pmcd dumps core with empty /etc/pmcd.conf
535482
pmcd PMDA should export PCP license
capabilities and pcp(1) should report them
545259
pmcd and pmprobe conspire to return numval 0
incorrectly in some cases
564308
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The _l_i_b_i_r_i_x_p_m_d_a._s_o PMDA for IRIX metrics
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Incident Summary
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libirixpmda *may* seg fault if a CPU is
disabled
426941
irix.kernel.all.load indom is mishandle by
several tools
452410
irix.disk.dev.response value wraparound
problem
455866
libirixpmda fails to identify RAID drives on
lun 0 in 6.4 and 6.4.1
467731
libirixpmda attempts to monitor SCSI drives
that have been removed
488139
libirixpmda fails to correctly identify o200
nodes
496682
irix.disk.dev.response is misleading
502810
unsigned irix.network metrics are exported
signed
505189
libirixpmda diskless host shows
irix.disk.all.* as zero rather than no values
516803
libirixpmda netif stats should not be
unavailable if /unix not running kernel
516804
libirixpmda on IRIX5.3 hinv.ncpu output
incorrect
518747
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libirixpmda misinterprets a headless router
523247
libirixpmda initialization errors may produce
bad values at first fetch
529512
xlv_stat metrics not exported by libirixpmda
532119
libirixpmda may export bad hinv.map.xbow
metrics for systems w/out xbows
534585
libirixpmda seg faults after reset
550985
libirixpmda xlv metrics fail after xlv
reconfiguration
551001
irix.xpc.server.dupage inconsistent with
nfsstat
573315
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The PCP libraries
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Incident Summary
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libpcp_socks.so for 6.4 does not work
475130
libpcp interp mode sometimes returns
incorrect values
564535
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The ppppmmmmcccchhhhaaaarrrrtttt application
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Incident Summary
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saving a pmchart "View" in a subdirectory
gives error when re-opening
338547
pmchart incorrectly handles PM_ERR_NOSUPPORT
errors
474421
pmchart postscript output contains erroneous
comments
495731
pmchart segfault
496805
pmchart segfault with full color table
546844
pmchart dumps core with lots of cmd line
archives
541431
pmchart has slow response when selecting a
chart
577613
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PCP archive creation and management tools
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Incident Summary
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pmlc problems with proc metrics
452417
pmlc 'show loggers' still shows old loggers
which are no longer running
480600
archive management cron scripts could be
better
490353
seg fault in _pmLogOpen
504616
pmlogger can get behind on a slow host
550109
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cron.pmcheck needs to check all loggers not
just one
553276
pmlogsummary doesn't seem to handle wrap
correctly
556206
cron.pmcheck can not create directory with a
host subname
568199
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The ppppmmmmiiiieeee application
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Incident Summary
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pmie dumps core after running for some time
465292
pmie memory leak
524377
pmie dumps core in lookupHostInst()
552517
pmie can't handle hostname with - in it
552903
pmie dump core in formatSatisfyingValue()
573184
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The oooovvvviiiieeeewwww application
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Incident Summary
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oview error message confusing
485474
oview_layout does not detect CPUs on 2nd node
of o200
507603
oview may incorrectly layout a 32 CPU O2000
507617
oview_layout fails for 54p O2000
510103
oview_layout output incorrect for host
stilton
534515
oview_layout may hang on an o200 with
headless node
535871
oview_layout produces bad output for
olympic-16r archive
535873
oview generates incorrect scene
531826
oview - misleading message about interval
limit
552900
router selection in oview
554993
object selection problem in oview
555180
oview doesn't draw CPU's on 2 CPU single node
Origin 200
571247
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Miscellaneous
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Incident Summary
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pmtime archive bounds remain fixed for
growing archives
410788
pmsocks pmkstat fails on platforms running
64-bit or n32-bit IRIX
465662
-lhelpmsg clashes with -lvk in irix/cmd/pcp
apps
484781
need better error reporting in pcp gui apps
556339
pmval generates far too many system calls
566591
pmgirix race condition with temporary file
for pmgadgets config
572768
pcp tools in IRIX6.5 need -lhelpmsg for
online help books to work correctly
573127
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