Site: System_M, Number: phx04728, Date Entered: 1979-12-26, State: submitted Area: list Summary: Does not rtrim "Directory empty" pathname. Site: System_M, Number: phx07392, Date Entered: 1980-08-25, State: submitted Area: list Summary: ls -^d gives unexpected results Site: CERT, Number: phx09588, Date Entered: 1981-04-08, State: submitted Area: calc Summary: calc sets up a pi handler when invoked as an active function. Site: System_M, Number: phx10119, Date Entered: 1981-06-15, State: submitted Area: calc Summary: accepts lognnnnnn as log where nnnn are digits Site: System_M, Number: phx11800, Date Entered: 1981-10-21, State: submitted Area: SSS pl1 Summary: Bad code for stack frame offsets > 40000(8). Site: System_M, Number: phx12466, Date Entered: 1982-02-09, State: submitted Area: list Summary: error message for list when using star convention with no match is incorrect. Site: System_M, Number: phx12714, Date Entered: 1982-03-19, State: submitted Area: EXL pl1 Summary: Error 2091 - stack frames > 32K Site: System_M, Number: phx13353, Date Entered: 1982-06-15, State: submitted Area: list Summary: Trailing spaces on message. Site: System_M, Number: phx13551, Date Entered: 1982-07-22, State: submitted Area: read_mail Summary: Errors in the print_original request, etc., are not recommended. Site: MIT_ext, Number: phx14320, Date Entered: 1982-11-30, State: submitted Area: hardcore/vtoc_man Summary: The system can run out of vtoc buffers resulting in a crash and the inhibiting of ESD. Site: System_M, Number: phx14387, Date Entered: 1982-12-10, State: submitted Area: hardcore Summary: rebuild_disk does not necessarily copy the root directory on a rebuild of the RPV. Site: Ford, Number: phx14570, Date Entered: 1983-01-26, State: submitted Area: value_list Summary: no longer accepts long starnames. Site: CICG, Number: phx14717, Date Entered: 1983-02-21, State: submitted Area: pl1 compiler Summary: bug with -ot option when size's stack greater than 16k words. Site: System_M, Number: phx14722, Date Entered: 1983-02-22, State: submitted Area: CJ52-01A (emacs extension writers guide) Summary: Something is inconsistent about end of buffer discussions. Site: SJU, Number: phx14911, Date Entered: 1983-03-24, State: submitted Area: COBOL Summary: program causes compiler to take an out_of_bounds fault Site: CICB, Number: phx14942, Date Entered: 1983-03-30, State: submitted Area: answering service Summary: act_proc$create is failing to return empty APT entries when error occurs during process creation thereby losing APT entries. Site: ASEA, Number: phx15063, Date Entered: 1983-04-20, State: submitted Area: rebuild_disk Summary: Does not check to see whether source volume has been salvaged. Site: DND-H, Number: phx15690, Date Entered: 1983-08-01, State: submitted Area: COBOL version 5.2 Summary: Cannot compile programs that only have 'r' access when using the "-expand" control argument. Site: System_M, Number: phx15783, Date Entered: 1983-08-15, State: submitted Area: EXL read_mail Summary: pr -odl fails. Site: MIT, Number: phx15805, Date Entered: 1983-08-19, State: answered Area: PL/I Summary: question on name resolution rules Site: MIT, Number: phx15819, Date Entered: 1983-08-19, State: submitted Area: emacs documentation in CJ52-01 (Extension Writers' Guide) Summary: refers to null-stringp instead of nullstringp Site: System_M, Number: phx16255, Date Entered: 1983-11-01, State: submitted Area: documentation (CJ52-01) Summary: Columnation in a table is screwed up. Site: System_M, Number: phx16292, Date Entered: 1983-11-04, State: submitted Area: COBOL Summary: Illegal conditional expressions can cause compiler abort. Site: UC, Number: phx16310, Date Entered: 1983-11-06, State: submitted Area: calc Summary: problem displaying small numbers Site: LUT, Number: phx16343, Date Entered: 1983-11-10, State: submitted Area: cobol,indexed files Summary: Duplicate prime keys created on an indexed sequential file. Site: Brunel, Number: phx16554, Date Entered: 1983-12-15, State: submitted Area: cobol Summary: The divide verb produces incorrect code for divide a by b giving a remainder c. Site: DND-H, Number: phx16601, Date Entered: 1983-12-21, State: submitted Area: COBOL, process_cobol_report Summary: process_cobol_report sometimes gives an "out_of_bounds" error when used with MSFs. Site: DND-H, Number: phx16636, Date Entered: 1983-12-29, State: submitted Area: COBOL, process_cobol_report, pcr Summary: bit_count is sometimes set incorrectly. Site: System_M, Number: phx16945, Date Entered: 1984-02-09, State: submitted Area: pl1 runtime Summary: plio2_signal_$r_ entry point declaration is missing three parameters. It uses them internally. Site: MIT, Number: phx16967, Date Entered: 1984-02-13, State: not_error Area: video system Summary: raw output while in the video system has different results depending on whether the cursor was on the last line of a window or not Site: STC, Number: phx17008, Date Entered: 1984-02-20, State: submitted Area: cobol Summary: cobol compiler aborts in code generator. Site: AFDSC, Number: phx17219, Date Entered: 1984-03-27, State: submitted Area: hardcore (disk_rebuild) Summary: rebuild_disk will not allow a valid VTOC truncation in all cases. Site: System_M, Number: phx17260, Date Entered: 1984-04-02, State: submitted Area: pa_search_list.pl1 Summary: references the undefined name- error_table_$programming_error Site: RAE, Number: phx17268, Date Entered: 1984-04-03, State: submitted Area: cobol sort Summary: cobol sort facility produces an inverted sort for some data types. Site: MIT, Number: phx17317, Date Entered: 1984-04-10, State: submitted Area: emacs rmail Summary: "Ack" minor mode display stays around when mail buffer is reused Site: System_M, Number: phx17353, Date Entered: 1984-04-18, State: submitted Area: read_mail Summary: Print request ignores deletedness when invoked without msg_specs. Site: CNO, Number: phx17410, Date Entered: 1984-05-01, State: submitted Area: Miscellaneous commands. Summary: The index set command/af rejects a valid increment. Site: MIT, Number: phx17498, Date Entered: 1984-05-15, State: submitted Area: send_mail qedx Summary: editing a destination that contains a domain as part of the network address causes the domain to disappear Site: System_M, Number: phx17540, Date Entered: 1984-05-21, State: submitted Area: read_mail Summary: Why does it let me delete a deleted message? Site: System_M, Number: phx17580, Date Entered: 1984-05-25, State: submitted Area: COBOL 5.3 Summary: Compiler abort Site: Avon, Number: phx17741, Date Entered: 1984-06-21, State: needs_info Area: pl1 Summary: Stack extensions are not always cleaned up properly. Site: System_M, Number: phx17774, Date Entered: 1984-06-27, State: submitted Area: smla command Summary: The name after -entry is not checked in a case insensitive manner when changing the mail table entry for another user. Site: AFDSC, Number: phx17798, Date Entered: 1984-07-02, State: submitted Area: pl1 Summary: The pl1 compiler allows one to change a variable declared static internal options (constant). Site: USL, Number: phx17927, Date Entered: 1984-07-20, State: submitted Area: cobol 5.3 and 5.4 Summary: Improper array address calculation occurs for an array > 64KB. Site: Avon, Number: phx18036, Date Entered: 1984-08-10, State: submitted Area: mail system Summary: Confusing error message(s). Site: Avon, Number: phx18045, Date Entered: 1984-08-11, State: submitted Area: operator console Summary: Is there a call to unlock_oc_data missing in ocdcm_? Site: AFDSC, Number: phx18230, Date Entered: 1984-09-21, State: submitted Area: new_user.pl1 Summary: New_user unnecessarily calls mail_table_priv_ in many instances. Site: System_M, Number: phx18231, Date Entered: 1984-09-21, State: submitted Area: commands Summary: calc shouldn't set up a pi handler when invoked as an active function. Site: AFDSC, Number: phx18255, Date Entered: 1984-09-27, State: not_error Area: pl1 Summary: (generic PL/1 I/O) The endfile condition is not always signalled when end-of-file is reached. Site: System_M, Number: phx18381, Date Entered: 1984-10-19, State: submitted Area: COBOL Summary: An include file used by the COBOL compiler contains illegal structure declarations. Site: System_M, Number: phx18385, Date Entered: 1984-10-20, State: submitted Area: COBOL Summary: The COBOL messgae control system delays for 300 seconds in calls to set_lock_$lock. This is too long. Site: AFDSC, Number: phx18520, Date Entered: 1984-11-16, State: submitted Area: documentation Summary: A LISP example in CJ52-01 has a syntax error Site: Avon, Number: phx18557, Date Entered: 1984-11-22, State: submitted Area: print_mail Summary: Inaccurate message from "print_mail". Site: UMainz, Number: phx18559, Date Entered: 1984-11-23, State: submitted Area: COBOL Version 5.2, (MR10.1) Summary: Filename of HDR2 of ANSI-Tapes is taken from the internal_file_name of the select-statement and not from the value of File-id clause of the FD-statement. Site: System_M, Number: phx18564, Date Entered: 1984-11-25, State: submitted Area: mail system Summary: Referencing a deleted message with "-a" will cause it to seem to be undeleted for subsequent commands. Site: IRIA, Number: phx18565, Date Entered: 1984-11-26, State: submitted Area: fim parity_fault_handler Summary: When the system crashes through a systrouble type of crash, and it is due to a prity fault, then the history regs of this parity fault are not in the dumps. This seems due to bug in fim/fim_util code. Site: System_M, Number: phx18741, Date Entered: 1984-12-27, State: submitted Area: manual CJ52 Summary: The Emacs extension Writer's Guide gives the wrong name for register-local-var. Site: System_M, Number: phx18806, Date Entered: 1985-01-08, State: submitted Area: validate_info_seg Summary: Should probably check for paragraph groups which exceed 15 lines (or one screen full). Site: System_M, Number: phx18851, Date Entered: 1985-01-15, State: submitted Area: send_mail/read_mail(reply) Summary: The fix for mlsys error list entry 401 missed the "in_reply_to" request, maybe others. That is, some errors found during this request will cause the read_mail/reply to abort, losing any work you might have done in send_mail. Site: System_M, Number: phx18884, Date Entered: 1985-01-21, State: submitted Area: EXL delete_dir Summary: deletes directories with their safety switches turned on. Site: System_M, Number: phx19035, Date Entered: 1985-02-20, State: submitted Area: send_mail Summary: "send" request sends the mail if given invalid arguments. Site: System_M, Number: phx19051, Date Entered: 1985-02-22, State: submitted Area: system active function Summary: The system active function / command should use the process date_time format not the date format and the time format. Site: UBCC, Number: phx19064, Date Entered: 1985-02-25, State: submitted Area: video Summary: Manual CP51-01B states that the erase and kill chars currently in effect when a wdc invoke is done will be copied over. This is not the case. Site: Ford, Number: phx19099, Date Entered: 1985-03-04, State: submitted Area: mail system, read_mail print request Summary: fumbles -only_deleted control argument when message_specifiers are not given. Site: System_M, Number: phx19109, Date Entered: 1985-03-05, State: submitted Area: list command Summary: doesn't rtrim the pathname in "Directory empty" message. Site: System_M, Number: phx19116, Date Entered: 1985-03-06, State: submitted Area: expand_cobol_source command Summary: "ecs" does not work unless you have RW access on the COPY file. Simple R access on "FOO.incl.cobol" results in failure to copy, with no warning messagees. Site: System_M, Number: phx19118, Date Entered: 1985-03-07, State: submitted Area: read_mail Summary: Messages cannot be selected with the -btt control argument in read_mail. Site: System_M, Number: phx19187, Date Entered: 1985-03-15, State: submitted Area: read_mail Summary: read_mail's "list" request blows up when the line length is set to 13 characters. Site: System_M, Number: phx19369, Date Entered: 1985-05-04, State: submitted Area: audit_ Summary: Doesn't always output modes. Site: System_M, Number: phx19392, Date Entered: 1985-05-10, State: submitted Area: AMOC (GB64-00) Summary: problems with documentation for backup_load and friends. Site: Ford, Number: phx19473, Date Entered: 1985-06-05, State: submitted Area: >sss>pl1.dcl Summary: There is an entry for assign_$computational which does not exist and no entry for assign_$computational_ which does exist. Site: System_M, Number: phx19510, Date Entered: 1985-06-21, State: submitted Area: video system Summary: The erase character has to be set twice to take effect. Site: DND-H, Number: phx19549, Date Entered: 1985-07-02, State: submitted Area: process_cobol_report command Summary: Included in this problem report are fixes for 4 bugs in the above command. Site: System_M, Number: phx19581, Date Entered: 1985-07-18, State: submitted Area: manual CJ52-01A Summary: Errors in the Quick Reference appendix. Site: System_M, Number: phx19616, Date Entered: 1985-07-26, State: submitted Area: move and copy commands Summary: try to reference pathnames they change. Site: System_M, Number: phx19656, Date Entered: 1985-08-10, State: submitted Area: AMOC Documentation Summary: Documentation for -incr_skip_count is ambiguous. Site: System_M, Number: phx19667, Date Entered: 1985-08-14, State: submitted Area: cv_float_ subroutine Summary: cv_float_ doesn't accept "1.e3" as first argument ("1.0e3" is OK however). Site: System_M, Number: phx19688, Date Entered: 1985-08-20, State: submitted Area: mail_system, read_mail, send_mail, acknowledgements Summary: The mail system is not sending acknowledgements if the sender's mail table entry locates a mailing list instead of a mailbox. Site: AFDSC, Number: phx19718, Date Entered: 1985-08-28, State: submitted Area: PL/I,>ldd>include Summary: >ldd>include>iocb.incl.pl1 has unknown external variable. PL/1 handles entrypoints and ext variables inconsistantly. Site: System_M, Number: phx19727, Date Entered: 1985-08-30, State: submitted Area: MAM Communications (CC75-02) Summary: incorrectly documents the Multics setting for X.25 parameter 3. Site: System_M, Number: phx19739, Date Entered: 1985-09-05, State: submitted Area: kermit Summary: Multics kermit uses the packet-length and control-quoting character provided by the local kermit incorrectly. Site: Systeme_X, Number: phx19768, Date Entered: 1985-09-18, State: submitted Area: iom reconfiguration Summary: when an iom deconfiguration failed then the system add every attachments of the specified iom even those which were off before the command. Site: Systeme_X, Number: phx19769, Date Entered: 1985-09-18, State: not_error Area: bce Summary: when the system is in unattended service and auto reboot, if an operator wants to shut the system, then the system reboots automaticaly. Site: System_M, Number: phx19879, Date Entered: 1985-10-31, State: submitted Area: hierarchy dump program info segments Summary: The hierarchy backup programs should have info segments. These programs include backup_dump, start_dump, catchup_dump, complete_dump, etc. Site: System_M, Number: phx19932, Date Entered: 1985-11-18, State: submitted Area: disk_control (hardcore) Summary: Not logging System Faults properly. Site: System_M, Number: phx19975, Date Entered: 1985-12-03, State: not_error Area: print_sys_log Summary: Cannot find log message which is there. Site: RADC, Number: phx19996, Date Entered: 1985-12-13, State: submitted Area: qedx Summary: Use of qedx in exec com can lead to unexpected hang in user process while in append mode. Site: System_M, Number: phx19997, Date Entered: 1985-12-15, State: submitted Area: status.info Summary: contains multiple, contradictory descriptions of the -chase control argument. Site: System_M, Number: phx20027, Date Entered: 1986-01-05, State: not_error Area: mlsys_utils_$parse_mailbox_control_args Summary: prints an incorrect error message for nonexistent mailboxes. Site: System_M, Number: phx20032, Date Entered: 1986-01-07, State: submitted Area: GB64 Documentation Summary: Documention for ed_installation_parms has an erroneous keyword description. Documentation for new_user is missing a keyword description. Site: UC, Number: phx20035, Date Entered: 1986-01-09, State: submitted Area: PL/I Summary: bad code generated Site: System_M, Number: phx20041, Date Entered: 1986-01-13, State: submitted Area: PL/I Compiler Summary: PL/I compiler seems to assume the value of an x register will remain valid across an external call when in fact it doesn't. Site: System_M, Number: phx20057, Date Entered: 1986-01-20, State: submitted Area: get_vol_list_ Summary: Much to my surprise, this subroutine is documented. However, the info file does not correctly describe the implementation. Site: System_M, Number: phx20071, Date Entered: 1986-01-22, State: submitted Area: calc Summary: The calc command does not diagnose random characters between a function name and the associated argument for the function. Site: System_M, Number: phx20089, Date Entered: 1986-01-28, State: submitted Area: mail system (reply) Summary: typing irt "" to modify the in-reply-to field causes an error message (correct: null field) an then returns to read_mail. Site: AFDSC, Number: phx20147, Date Entered: 1986-02-14, State: needs_info Area: set_system_console command documentation Summary: the set_system_console command documentation seems to be incorrect in a couple of instances. Site: UC, Number: phx20152, Date Entered: 1986-02-24, State: submitted Area: hardcore Summary: inhibit_pv can hang system Site: System_M, Number: phx20183, Date Entered: 1986-03-03, State: submitted Area: reconfigure Summary: If a FIPS tape subsystem is powered off when system is booted, devices cannot be added. Site: RADC, Number: phx20214, Date Entered: 1986-03-17, State: submitted Area: kermit Summary: Running kermit over a network where block transfer is not possible at low baud rates will cause kermit to become confused forever. Site: Bell_Toronto, Number: phx20253, Date Entered: 1986-04-02, State: submitted Area: bound_extended_mail Summary: the print_mail command when first invoked makes reference to >exl>info>print_mail.new_features, a help file. The segment does not exist. Site: CNO, Number: phx20254, Date Entered: 1986-04-02, State: not_error Area: tools Summary: The use_partition function of bootload_fs takes a fatal process error. Site: RADC, Number: phx20284, Date Entered: 1986-04-15, State: submitted Area: mc_con_rec_ (AS) Summary: Console recovery , when switching over to the message coordinator, will produce an AS dump because of a linkage error by syserr_log_man_ ref mc_con_rec_$queue_log_message, causing cessation of logging. Site: System_M, Number: phx20316, Date Entered: 1986-05-01, State: submitted Area: mail_system, mail acknowledgement, mailing lists Summary: mail acknowledgements do not work when the user has a mailing list as the default address. This is even if user.project is the address when the mail was sent. Site: AFDSC, Number: phx20360, Date Entered: 1986-05-29, State: not_error Area: Initializer's search rules Summary: Initializer's ring one search rules include >system_library_auth_maint. This seems like a poor practice to us. Site: SJU, Number: phx20370, Date Entered: 1986-06-03, State: submitted Area: teco teco_get_macro_ bound_teco_.bind Summary: teco_get_macro_ is documented online and in AG93-05. Add name and entrypoint seem to be missing in bound_teco_.bind. Site: RAE, Number: phx20375, Date Entered: 1986-06-05, State: submitted Area: general Summary: (ls -dtcm) "list file -dtcm" gives incorrect info when file is a MSF. Site: System_M, Number: phx20382, Date Entered: 1986-06-11, State: not_error Area: syserr_log Summary: The history registers for the dps8/70m do not reveal all 64 locations in the log entry, as reported by display_cpu_error Site: System_M, Number: phx20469, Date Entered: 1986-07-28, State: not_error Area: configuration deck Summary: delta field on mpc card no longer seems necessary Site: System_M, Number: phx20470, Date Entered: 1986-07-29, State: submitted Area: generate_pnotice.info Summary: is justified. Site: System_M, Number: phx20481, Date Entered: 1986-08-08, State: submitted Area: copy Summary: copy -all gives incorrect error message. Site: LUT, Number: phx20501, Date Entered: 1986-08-21, State: submitted Area: bce Summary: Time output from bce alternates between GMT and configured time zone. Site: System_M, Number: phx20562, Date Entered: 1986-09-16, State: submitted Area: locate_words Summary: displays the wrong lines when -lines is used. Site: System_M, Number: phx20586, Date Entered: 1986-10-01, State: submitted Area: BASIC documentation AM82-01 Summary: The documentation for DEF contains an excess comma. Site: System_M, Number: phx20589, Date Entered: 1986-10-03, State: submitted Area: read_mail Summary: some active requests change the current message. Site: RAE, Number: phx20639, Date Entered: 1986-10-27, State: submitted Area: access_commands Summary: The -exclude facility does not exclude ACL entries with explicit tags if a "*" is given for the tag in the argument list. If the user exceeds the allowed ten -ex arguments, the command can malfunction. Site: System_M, Number: phx20700, Date Entered: 1986-12-01, State: submitted Area: mail_table Summary: can not delete entry from mail_table using "delete_mail_table_entry" if the directory that the object resided in has been previously deleted. Site: System_M, Number: phx20735, Date Entered: 1986-12-23, State: submitted Area: command_query_.info Summary: info seg format error. Site: System_M, Number: phx20737, Date Entered: 1987-01-01, State: submitted Area: get_entry_name_ Summary: doesn't work for "nothing". Site: System_M, Number: phx20738, Date Entered: 1987-01-05, State: submitted Area: >doc>info>virtual_pointers.gi Summary: Has inaccurate information. Site: System_M, Number: phx20740, Date Entered: 1987-01-06, State: submitted Area: >doc>info>hpset_dir_ring_brackets.info Summary: The shortname for this command is hpsdrb, as is the shortname for the info segment, but the shortname used in the info segment is hpdsrb. Site: System_M, Number: phx20749, Date Entered: 1987-01-09, State: submitted Area: print command Summary: The print command should not change tty_ modes. Site: System_M, Number: phx20786, Date Entered: 1987-02-23, State: submitted Area: AMOC (GB64-00) Summary: misnames the no_start_up request. Site: DND-H, Number: phx20801, Date Entered: 1987-03-03, State: submitted Area: summarize_sys_log, ssl command Summary: ssl command does not respect the -to control argument, and should be changed to count entries matching a string without having to print them. Site: System_M, Number: phx20807, Date Entered: 1987-03-09, State: submitted Area: tools Summary: summarize_sys_log with no arguments given gets error sometimes. Site: DODCSC, Number: phx20813, Date Entered: 1987-03-19, State: submitted Area: forum Summary: Info seg for "current" has incorrect syntax. Site: System_M, Number: phx20820, Date Entered: 1987-03-24, State: submitted Area: Documentation (GB64-00) Summary: User password revalidation in wrong place in the Multics Administration Maintenance and Operations Commands Manual. Site: System_M, Number: phx20861, Date Entered: 1987-04-27, State: submitted Area: add_mail_table_entry and update_mail_table_entry Summary: add_mail_table_entry is too strict in it's validation of pathnames, while update_mail_table_entry doesn't validate at all. Site: Cardiff, Number: phx20884, Date Entered: 1987-06-05, State: submitted Area: emacs Summary: The -line_length argument to emacs must specify 1 greater than the actual line_length required. Site: System_M, Number: phx20897, Date Entered: 1987-06-18, State: submitted Area: status Summary: The date used field returned by status for the root doesn't use the user's default date/time format. Site: DAC, Number: phx20920, Date Entered: 1987-07-16, State: submitted Area: hardcore (segment_mover) Summary: the segment mover does not always release all held physical volumes, which can crash the system. Site: DAC, Number: phx20921, Date Entered: 1987-07-16, State: submitted Area: hardcore (demount_pv) Summary: Does not clear pvte.pc_vacating Site: System_M, Number: phx20923, Date Entered: 1987-07-19, State: submitted Area: Info segment Summary: >doc>info>cpp.info should be called >doc>info>cpp.ec.info Site: AFDSC, Number: phx20933, Date Entered: 1987-08-03, State: submitted Area: Disk I/O. Summary: A process may loop infinitely in read_disk, hanging the processor. Site: System_M, Number: phx20935, Date Entered: 1987-08-03, State: submitted Area: demount_lv (dlv) Summary: Get disk errors about an invalid op-code when demounting D50X type devices. Site: RADC, Number: phx20937, Date Entered: 1987-08-04, State: submitted Area: Emacs Summary: The Emacs RMAIL rmail-logger-append (^XL) function no longer works. Site: System_M, Number: phx20965, Date Entered: 1987-08-21, State: submitted Area: log tools Summary: log_limit_scan_ can use an uninitialized pointer. Site: System_M, Number: phx20967, Date Entered: 1987-08-24, State: submitted Area: mail_table Summary: can not remove an "alias" from the mail table. Site: System_M, Number: phx21011, Date Entered: 1987-11-05, State: submitted Area: read_mail reply Summary: When in the reply request loop, the request ! irt "" will dump you out of reply mode. Site: System_M, Number: phx21035, Date Entered: 1987-12-10, State: submitted Area: help in ted Summary: won't work in request f (output of buffer) Site: System_M, Number: phx21036, Date Entered: 1987-12-14, State: submitted Area: AMOC GB64 Summary: compact_mail_table should be documented as salvage_mail_table. . Site: System_M, Number: phx21037, Date Entered: 1987-12-14, State: submitted Area: AMOC GB64 Summary: Writeup of salvage_mstb refers to salvaging of mail_table, but salvage_mstb is not designed to do mail_table salvaging. Site: System_M, Number: phx21049, Date Entered: 1988-01-05, State: submitted Area: emacs_rmail_ Summary: The function rmail-guts-of-logger in emacs_rmail_.lisp still refers to the obsolete create-mail function (removed in mr12). It should be changed to use the new open-file routine. Site: DAC, Number: phx21068, Date Entered: 1988-01-28, State: submitted Area: System Initialization (BCE) Summary: No error message for incorrect IOM card in config deck. Site: DAC, Number: phx21069, Date Entered: 1988-01-28, State: not_error Area: System Initialization (Multics) Summary: No longer supports explicit decimal numbers on the root and part cards. Site: System_M, Number: phx21076, Date Entered: 1988-02-04, State: submitted Area: set_mailing_address Summary: smla is case sensitive when processing a -entry argument. Site: System_M, Number: phx21095, Date Entered: 1988-02-24, State: submitted Area: memo command Summary: memo -list displays memos entered with the "-repeat_when_processed" control arg. as "per_process". Site: System_M, Number: phx21142, Date Entered: 1988-05-03, State: submitted Area: memo Summary: Alarm messages in memo improperly deleted Site: System_M, Number: phx21147, Date Entered: 1988-05-12, State: submitted Area: move/suffix_mbx_ Summary: reports an error when moving mailboxes. Segs copied to target dir, but not deleted from source dir. Site: System_M, Number: phx21150, Date Entered: 1988-05-15, State: submitted Area: kermit Summary: When I send an ASCII file from VersaTerm to Multics kermit and use Multics kermit's "get" request to receive it, ampersand (&) and tilde (~) characters are not received correctly. Site: System_M, Number: phx21162, Date Entered: 1988-05-31, State: submitted Area: pl1 compiler Summary: Emits bad optimized code. Site: Site_N, Number: phx21187, Date Entered: 1988-07-13, State: submitted Area: operator warn messages Summary: Warn messages repeat over and over on a users terminal when that user is at an aim level higher than unclassified. Site: System_M, Number: phx21189, Date Entered: 1988-07-21, State: not_error Area: enter_abs_request Summary: Recent installation of new version of ear broke "-bf" control_arg. Site: Site_N, Number: phx21197, Date Entered: 1988-08-17, State: submitted Area: answering service Summary: Removing a line, and bumping a user does not always work properly and could have some bad side affects. Site: Ford, Number: phx21199, Date Entered: 1988-08-19, State: submitted Area: emacs Summary: The request locate-next-error (^X^D) of Fortran mode no longer works. Site: System_M, Number: phx21203, Date Entered: 1988-08-29, State: submitted Area: status command Summary: status -switch yields bogus error message for links Site: System_M, Number: phx21214, Date Entered: 1988-10-03, State: submitted Area: copy Summary: copy displays an error when copying ring_brackets to the target, even though the target setting is already the same as the source setting. Site: System_M, Number: phx21215, Date Entered: 1988-10-06, State: submitted Area: MOWSE Summary: dial_out does not work with MOWSE attached. Site: System_M, Number: phx21221, Date Entered: 1988-10-18, State: submitted Area: calc Summary: The calc command mishandles variable or function names that contain non-letters. Site: RAE, Number: phx21222, Date Entered: 1988-10-25, State: submitted Area: lg_ctl_ Summary: Incorrect "disconnected count" log message produced by lg_ctl_, due to sys_log_ call omitting an argument for the ioa_ control string. Site: DAC, Number: phx21223, Date Entered: 1988-10-31, State: submitted Area: hardcore Summary: configure_test_cpu will crash the system if working with an "odd" sized SCU. Site: System_M, Number: phx21224, Date Entered: 1988-11-10, State: submitted Area: pl1 compiler Summary: size checking for fixed bin 1 and fixed bin 2 values have a bug for the cases of a maximum negative value. This bug is in pl1_operators_ in the size_check_fx1 and size_check_fx2 routines. Site: System_M, Number: phx21225, Date Entered: 1988-11-10, State: submitted Area: ted Summary: The current (".") line of a buffer is being lost when lines at the end are moved to another buffer. Site: SJU, Number: phx21226, Date Entered: 1988-11-15, State: submitted Area: unbundled basic Summary: basic prints ioa_ controls instead of invalid_variable name when reporting a simple error. Site: System_M, Number: phx21227, Date Entered: 1988-11-18, State: submitted Area: EXL Kermit Summary: Kermit support of MSF fails when using a link to the MSF, rather than the path of the actual MSF. Site: System_M, Number: phx21229, Date Entered: 1988-12-01, State: not_error Area: ted Summary: Bumping line 0 by 1 gives line 2! Site: System_M, Number: phx21233, Date Entered: 1988-12-09, State: submitted Area: WSTERM Summary: WSTERM in edit-mode fails to properly handle control messages from mowse_io_. Site: System_M, Number: phx21245, Date Entered: 1989-01-03, State: submitted Area: mail system Summary: The read_mail `list' request fails on a size_error when attempting to list a piece of mail containing > 9999 lines. Printing the mail, using the `print' request works correctly. Site: System_M, Number: phx21247, Date Entered: 1989-01-11, State: submitted Area: qedx Summary: qedx should ignore trailing whitespace after a quit request. Site: System_M, Number: phx21249, Date Entered: 1989-01-18, State: submitted Area: Data Management Summary: A MRDS DM database is unable to delete (or modify I suspect) records under certain conditions. It returns the following error: No tuple was found with the given tuple id. Site: System_M, Number: phx21250, Date Entered: 1989-01-19, State: submitted Area: MOWSE BFT Summary: A typo is contained in the message displayed by the PC bft fetch request. Site: System_M, Number: phx21251, Date Entered: 1989-01-21, State: submitted Area: mail system Summary: The mail system's removal of trailing domains in common between the local and foreign systems seems to cause simple operations (like "reply") to address mail incorrectly, in at least some cases. Site: Cardiff, Number: phx21252, Date Entered: 1989-01-26, State: answered Area: Communications Summary: Can Multics handle an ASYNC!! Ibm2780 terminal? Site: System_M, Number: phx21257, Date Entered: 1989-01-29, State: submitted Area: ted Summary: ted can no longer find a line referenced to the last line $ such as 1,$-1s/xx/yy/ Site: System_M, Number: phx21259, Date Entered: 1989-01-30, State: submitted Area: audit_ Summary: the command "audit_ user_i/o" results in: Error: Fixed point overflow by audit_$|1406 (>system_library_standard>bound_audit_) Site: System_M, Number: phx21260, Date Entered: 1989-02-06, State: submitted Area: Text editors (ted) Summary: Ted should extend the ignoring of leading spaces to include TAB character. Site: System_M, Number: phx21261, Date Entered: 1989-02-06, State: submitted Area: Text editor (qedx) Summary: qedx should extend the ignoring of leading spaces to include character Site: System_M, Number: phx21262, Date Entered: 1989-02-08, State: submitted Area: emacs rmail Summary: Add an emacs-rmail capability to change the "seen" switch on mail entries. Site: System_M, Number: phx21265, Date Entered: 1989-02-09, State: submitted Area: PL1 Summary: (PL1) Bug in "hbound" builtin. Site: System_M, Number: phx21267, Date Entered: 1989-02-24, State: submitted Area: ted Summary: help request in ted won't work if there are leading spaces. Site: System_M, Number: phx21269, Date Entered: 1989-03-01, State: submitted Area: copy command Summary: Gives a misleading error message. Site: System_M, Number: phx21272, Date Entered: 1989-03-10, State: submitted Area: PL1 Summary: PL1 sometimes forgets to list out names that are declared by the declare statement but never referenced in the listing. Site: System_M, Number: phx21274, Date Entered: 1989-03-17, State: submitted Area: hardcore Summary: create_dir no longer allows version 1 create_branch_info parameter. Site: System_M, Number: phx21277, Date Entered: 1989-03-29, State: submitted Area: pl1 compiler Summary: Compiling a pl1 program with the option "-prefix size" generates invalid results. Site: System_M, Number: phx21278, Date Entered: 1989-04-04, State: submitted Area: PL1 Summary: Error 2091 revisited. Site: IN, Number: phx21282, Date Entered: 1989-04-17, State: submitted Area: bump command Summary: bump command fails with certain arguments Site: System_M, Number: phx21283, Date Entered: 1989-04-18, State: submitted Area: read_mail Summary: "rdm mailbox" works but "rdm -mbx mailbox" does not. Site: UC, Number: phx21285, Date Entered: 1989-05-02, State: submitted Area: FORTRAN compiler Summary: illegal modifier condition Site: System_M, Number: phx21286, Date Entered: 1989-05-05, State: submitted Area: Hardcore Summary: Could not restart move command after an access fault Site: IN, Number: phx21288, Date Entered: 1989-05-10, State: submitted Area: HASP Summary: HASP fails to initialize drivers Site: IN, Number: phx21290, Date Entered: 1989-05-10, State: submitted Area: MTP610 Firmware Summary: Wrong version of MTP610 firmware supplied with MR12.2. Site: UC, Number: phx21293, Date Entered: 1989-05-10, State: submitted Area: PL/I Summary: Confuses parameter variable with static constant Site: UC, Number: phx21294, Date Entered: 1989-05-10, State: submitted Area: pl1_macro Summary: incomplete implementation of translator_temp_ usage Site: DAC, Number: phx21296, Date Entered: 1989-05-23, State: needs_info Area: MRDS Summary: Selection expressions do not always select the correct data. Site: IN, Number: phx21298, Date Entered: 1989-06-08, State: submitted Area: admin_ (down command) Summary: Incorrect message from admin_. Site: Ford, Number: phx21302, Date Entered: 1989-06-16, State: submitted Area: disk_control and tab_007 MSU3381 firmware Summary: The latest version of IMU firmware (tab 007, IFDK00H0) for our MSU3381 disks causes disk_control to complain about each 3381/3 device with the message: "MPC attention CA err or OPI down for dska_nn (channel Axx)". Site: System_M, Number: phx21307, Date Entered: 1989-07-25, State: submitted Area: This is a test Summary: This is a test of the ability to test the copying of test cases. Site: Ford, Number: phx21311, Date Entered: 1989-08-22, State: needs_info Area: MCS: fnp crashes Summary: The FNP is taken out of service because of one failing channel. Site: Ford, Number: phx21312, Date Entered: 1989-08-23, State: needs_info Area: communications Summary: It should be possible to increase the size of the buffers which an FNP allocates to a communications channel. Site: System_M, Number: phx21313, Date Entered: 1989-09-15, State: submitted Area: PL1 Summary: PL1 complains about repetition factors that are named constants. ----------------------------------------------------------- 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. This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. Multics development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970), renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems incorporated Multics principles. 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