Reverse chronological list of system software changes. 10/29/92: [1044]: Backout local site modifications. LIB: This installation for library maintenance. 10/28/92: [1043]: Miscellaneous info seg changes. INFO: This installation installs updated info segments. 10/27/92: [1042]: Info segment updates and/or additions. INFO: This installation installs updated info segments. 10/27/92: [1041]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8267: reconstruct_registry: Fix journal list traversal 10/23/92: [1040]: This installation installs the following MCRs: MCR8261: force_write may update the sst with an invalid number of pages written.; MCR8270: Correct several bugs in copy_disk_volume.; MCR8259: Segment_mover should specify sub_volumes in error messages 10/21/92: [1039]: This installation replaces 1018 for MCR8272. This installation installs the following MCRs: MCR8272: Volume reloader does not reload FIPS disk devices properly when the -disk_model control argument is specified.; MCR8265: Correct the Volume Reloader PVID mismatch error message when reloading multiple volumes. 10/21/92: [1038]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8263: Make operator shift command display the correct next shift change time. 10/21/92: [1037]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8276: io_error_summary does not: display proper status messages for FIPS disk devices, provide per channel statuses info, display correct data bit error counts for tape devices, and provide enough info for the -cyl argument. 10/21/92: [1036]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8264: Correct several potential null pointer faults when up_cdt_ attempts to install a new CDT. 10/21/92: [1035]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8252: Correct error when retrieve_from_volume truncates retrieved objects with embedded nulled pages. 10/21/92: [1034]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8268: Change edit_proj to allow removal of project alias from SAT. 10/21/92: [1033]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8275: Correct generate_mst to detach the output tape i/o switch. 10/21/92: [1032]: This installation replaces 1017. This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8271: Message segment truncation overwrites the lock held by the calling process. 10/21/92: [1031]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8274: Correct a software integration error in deckfile_manager that causes the program to fail. 10/20/92: [1030]: Post Bug fix to installation 1020. This installation installs bug fixes (PBFs) for the following MCR: MCR8258: Fix uninitialized current bug. 10/19/92: [1029]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8230: The set_special_password command does not query the user twice for the password by default. 10/19/92: [1028]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8262: manage_volume_pool can run out of stack space. 10/19/92: [1027]: This installation installs the following MCRs: MCR8255: forum raises 'area condition' in large meetings.; MCR8273: Any date_time string which falls between transaction blocks will cause forum to go into an infinite loop. 10/16/92: [1026]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8269: Correct as_who error messages and documentation 10/06/92: [1025]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8266: delete no longer works for forum extended object type. 10/06/92: [1024]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8260: format_document_ looses characters and generates unwanted new paragraph. 10/06/92: [1023]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8257: Fix out_of_bounds problem on PL1 listing generator. 10/06/92: [1022]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8256: Xmail reply-to field does not get set 10/06/92: [1021]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8231: Header for list_absentee_request has garbage total. 09/28/92: [1020]: Correct a problem with the setting of the current transaction index in Forum. This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8258: Fix uninitialized current bug. 09/25/92: [1019]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8226: list_extra_personids aborts when it is run more than once within the same process. 09/25/92: [1018]: Correct volume reloader to use proper usable sectors per cylinder for FIPS disks when -disk_model argument is used. This installation installs the following Emergency Change: MECR0017. 09/24/92: [1017]: Correct message segment lockword truncation during compaction operation. This installation installs the following Emergency Change: MECR0016. 09/24/92: [1016]: This closes MECR0015. This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8251: Correct MR12.4 release library segments. 04/27/92: [1015]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8253: Correct fatal error in Volume Reloader after getting tape error reloading segment with embedded nulled pages. 04/27/92: [1014]: This installation installs the following MCRs: MCR8248: Fix several forum bugs related to the current transaction.; MCR8249: Fix several forum bugs related to unprocessed transactions.; MCR8250: Fix the forum 'list' and 'enter' request. 04/24/92: [1013]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8254: Fix read_mail so that it checks for new messages after EVERY request line. 04/24/92: [1012]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8247: Fix problems and speed up dial_out. 04/24/92: [1011]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8234: Use scope rules when resolving constant token references in the PL/1 parser. 03/03/92: [1010]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8241: The sc_admin_command_ misidentifies itself as sc_admin_comamnd_ 12/12/91: [1009]: Correct pdir_volume_manager_ to use proper argument list for call to sys_log_. This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8243: Bad argument list for call to sys_log_. 12/12/91: [1008]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8242: Confusing error message for the command send_daemon_command. 12/12/91: [1006]: pnt_fs_util_ now returns error_table_$bad_file_name when the name supplied does not end in the ".pnt" suffix. This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8233: Correct error code returned for PNT extended object type. 12/12/91: [1005]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8239: Fix read_mail so that it checks for new messages after EVERY request line. 12/11/91: [1004]: This installation installs the following MCRs: MCR8245: Fix Fortran compiler to generate correct code for VLA reference if the dimension of a VLA is equal or greater than the maximum number that fits in a 18 bit halfword (262143).; MCR8246: Fix Fortran compiler to be able to consistently diagnose errors when the VLA size is greater than the maximum value. The maximum value is 16.7 million (2**24 - 1) words long. 12/09/91: [1003]: Fix various documentation TRs. INFO: This installation installs updated info segments. 12/06/91: [1002]: This installation installs the following MCR: MCR8244: as_who incorrectly interprets preemption. 11/28/91: [1001]: Correct MR12.4 library segments corrupted during integration to System-M. This installation installs the following Emergency Change: MECR0015. ----------------------------------------------------------- Historical Background This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge. 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