Bug Notes for GemStone v6.1.5-6.1.6

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Number Description Impact Last Updated
42140 STN_MAX_SESSIONS close to upper limit of 8192 causes coredump 4/15/13
42090 Problems with AIX on POWER7 4/9/12
41794 Turning on stale account aging may disable accounts 4/9/12
41342 Encoded size ByteArray comparison method primitive failures 2/24/11
41019 Performance of ordering on multi-predicate indexed queries Info 10/22/10
41013 SortedCollection >> includes: may fail to find elements 10/21/10
40652 stack corruption returning from ClientForwarder send 7/11/11
40475 Simultaneous logins by the same userId can result in disabled account 4/28/10
40438 createExtent during checkpoint can hang checkpoints 12/14/09
40382 GsFile operations on disk full cause gem crash 11/12/09
40368 Stone shutdown during restoreFromLogs may corrupt extents 11/12/09
40054 Large SPC specifications not handled correctly 6/11/09
40033 Small inaccuracy in Float to Fraction conversion 10/14/09
39922 findString:startingAt: incorrect for empty string argument 4/10/09
39900 Remote cross-platform MFC has risk of gem crash 1/20/10
39847 Incorrect FreeOopCount with GcGem restart 4/9/09
39740 ByteArray with DateTimes can't be used cross platform 1/20/10
39679 Logout with logins suspended rereads configuration file 7/29/10
39677 Transactionless sessions result in shortened LostOT timeout 2/4/09
39639 ByteArray methods may fail 1/23/09
39635 Incorrect restore point in timeToRestoreTo: 1/23/09
39630 With password aging, logins failed while PDR gems running 1/23/09
39520 Incorrect reason for disabled account 1/23/09
39481 Commit during login may fail and causing later errors 10/16/08
39407 Linux, gstack to dump C stacks may not be found 10/16/08
39358 Risk of corruption from AIO page server write failure Critical 1/23/09
38662 Out of range GEM_PRIVATE_PAGE_CACHE_KB uses max, not default 5/6/09
38546 Signal handler code is not signal-safe Critical 6/25/08
38513 System cacheStatistics: results incorrect for some values/processes 3/20/08
38445 markGcCandidates sessions may get lostOTRoot 10/16/08
38371 throughAll: incorrect results for some arguments 5/15/08
38265 False success for String comparison methods 4/8/08
37973 Multiple Stones can attach to SAN extents causing corruption Critical 11/15/07
37320 Integer raisedTo: returns Float 8/6/07
36966 Remote caches do not use SHR_PAGE_CACHE_LOCKED setting 8/30/07
36732 Converting DoubleByteString to Number may lose information 6/29/07
36498 Cannot upgrade after installing TimeZone2007 patch Critical 6/19/07
36374 DST starts and ends a second late 3/7/07
36273 Use of TZ environment variable results in incorrect Times. 3/6/07
36040 Risk of lost data in RcIdentityBag Critical 11/2/07
35947 Tranlog analysis scripts limited to first 8-11 tranlogs 11/17/06
35922 Asynchronous error handling during user action may corrupt stack 1/10/07
35810 DateTime problem due to DST rule change Critical 12/27/06
35805 Activate of passivated structures with ScaledDecimals or Fractions Critical 11/2/07
35640 Error messages report large oops as negatives 10/18/06
35611 UserProfile >> isDisabled may return false negative 4/26/10
34772 Risk of stone hang due to stuck spin lock 6/13/08
34720 Character >> isAlphaNumeric is incorrect for characters in range 192-254 10/26/06
34584 upToEnd leaves position incorrect 10/30/06
34568 NetLDI service port number range Info 10/20/06
34456 Compiler problems with DoubleByteStrings 3/27/06
34314 auditInternalStructures fails for some UnorderedCollection subclasses 4/7/06
34117 GemStone 6.1.5 and later for Linux will not run on older processors 12/3/07
34067 performOnServer: fails if TMP not writable 11/2/07
34049 Zombie processing can leave stuck invisible exclusive locks Critical 2/8/06
33926 Characters > $z don't test correctly for case, type 2/6/06
33891 bitShift: incorrect results for negative shifts >= 32 1/16/06
33886 Uppercase/lowercase not handled correctly for Characters > $þ (254) 10/21/08
33866 copydbf to Linux character raw partitions fails 2/1/06
33659 GemStone/S with DEP on Windows 2003 Info 8/17/07
33644 During backup, delayed response to lack of free space 2/2/06
33579 Character $Þ/$þ does not handle case correctly 1/30/06
33569 Converting large String or Symbol to DoubleByte may cause corrupt result 2/2/06
33539 DoubleByteString copyFrom:to:into:startingAt: broken for String destinations 2/1/06
33404 <=, >=, and default sort incorrectly case-sensitive for DoubleByteStrings 1/25/06
33298 restoreReclaimPages ties up pages until next tranlog 10/10/05
33065 Error on restore of backups of repositories writing tranlogs to /dev/null 1/31/06
32834 GciNbEnd() only returns results once; documentation incorrect Info 11/2/07
32155 GciSoftBreak will not interrupt sleeping session 4/4/05
31738 Exception #rtErrDoesNotUnderstand can fail with SEGV 4/4/05
31689 doesNotUnderstand can corrupt stack 4/4/05
31348 Idle sessions don't immediately exit on stopSession: Info 5/15/08
31180 Creating symbols via GciCreateByteObj fails 4/4/05
30982 Problems with debug step command on untilTrue:/untilFalse: 4/4/05
30915 findDisconnectedObjects not protected against other GC's 4/4/05
30896 String>>asNumber fails with radix > 10 and character digits 4/4/05
30820 Unused temporary variable result in incorrect instance variable assignment 6/18/04
30710 ProcessorTime is always 0 6/25/04
30670 kill -16 to get gem stack should be kill -USR1 Info 4/19/04
30397 Upgrade resets default TimeZone to Pacific Time 12/2/04
30296 Problems building GCI applications on Linux RedHat AS 3.0 2/1/06
30202 GsFile doesn't use 64 bit file I/O 3/8/04
29855 Tranlog sequences can contain "Fork-In-Time" 10/29/03
29854 Cannot backup/restore to tape on Linux 11/3/03
29830 SIGUSR1 stack print mechanism fails during logout 4/4/05
29752 Cross-platform pageaudit has false-positive errors. 10/28/03
29670 Specification of remote replicate tranlogs may inadvertently succeed 10/28/03
29666 Creating a remote compressed backup may inadvertently succeed 10/28/03
29627 Nonblocking GCI function may SIGSEGV on Linux 10/28/03
29617 restoreReclaimPages primitive errors reported incorrectly 9/12/03
29603 Command line reports incorrect log file location 1/31/08
29593 Log timestamps may be misleading on idle systems 9/15/03
29578 #transactionless mode incorrect from System(c)>>cacheStatistics: 9/12/03
29539 Undocumented change in setting for GEM_PRIVATE_PAGE_CACHE_KB Critical 4/20/04
29520 Stone will not start with null primary/valid replicate tranlog directories Info 8/27/03
29485 Language file compilation does not handle % as documented 9/15/03
29453 Page audit does not audit all pages Info
29242 VSD may fail to start with Tcl 8.3 installed
29180 Setting the Linux keepalive option Info 11/16/07
29095 In tranlog full condition, sessions may timeout and be killed
28871 Windows 2000 Advanced Server - statmonitor does not exit on stone shutdown
28821 Statically linked custom gems broken on Linux 12/3/07
28789 Inherited NRS value may cause remote SPC startup problems
28728 Some system-level statistics are incorrect on Windows 7/11/11
28546 Gems with static user action code die with SIGILL 5/15/08
28401 "Error 997: Overlapped I/O operation is in progress." Info 10/5/07
28330 Gems can crash with page cache fault during stone shutdown
28208 #rtErrLostOtHandlingFailed while in a transaction
28103 Tranlog full condition may cause stone to crash 3/22/04
28057 Repeated tranlog space full condition can cause fatal stone error Critical
27908 Set-valued indexes are known to have problems 8/11/03
27660 continueTransaction after password change fails
27482 Cannot run pageaudit from root directory on Windows 7/11/11
27338 Missing tranlogs are not detected during restore
27279 Limit on number of netldi spawned process on Windows 7/19/06
27268 Interrupted recovery can lead to page audit errors
27227 Topaz output suppressed while executing from .topazini
27201 On Windows, topaz -l doesn't clean up after forced termination 7/11/11
27134 HP-UX: shmat() authorization failure during login without setmemwindow Info
27091 Some statmonitor statistics not updated for remote shared page cache 11/26/07
27089 OS network drives can confuse GemStone local/remote status Critical
27082 Repository >> restoreStatusNextFileId not aware of final fileId Info
27065 Recovery fails with unused extents 11/21/07
26972 Remote page cache termination can lead to cache corruption Critical 12/3/07
26396 copydbf of a compressed gzip file fails
26117 GsFile class>>contentsAndTypesOfDirectory:onClient: reports files as directories
25456 Compressed file names without .gz appended
25124 fullBackupCompressedTo: fails for raw character partitions
24961 Increasing #mfcGcPageBufSize can have adverse effects Info 6/7/04
24015 AllSymbols collection is not scalable
23975 GCI user actions may have incorrect results following a full backup
23746 Object audit can inappropriately re-enable logins
23508 Correction for poor performance using _asIdentityBag on large Bags/Set
23073 SharedDependencyList inefficiencies may cause performance issues
22884 Upgrades can cause inefficient garbage collection Info
22722 Incomplete implementation of BinaryFloat (C)>> status
22542 GBS sessions cannot respond to sigAborts when control passes outside Smalltalk
22507 RcQueues will not work after January 5, 2012 Critical
22170 reclaimAll can fail immediately after markForCollection Info
21888 System timeGmt95 off by 72 minutes, 48 seconds
21365 startstone or login fail with misleading shmget() error
20341 Temporary object audit errors after restore
19449 DateTime creation on boundaries of Daylight Savings Time
19327 GEM_IO_LIMIT parameter not functional
19246 "Audit errors" during object audit and/or page audit
19095 Performing repository restore as DataCurator generates error Info
18525 max values for gcGem parameters silently restricted to max SmallInteger values
15521 Date does not restrict year inputs
15520 Stone hangs when repository is full 6/10/08
15350 Comparison of nil DateTime yields unexpected result
15190 Network crash may prevent Gems from committing 12/3/07
15073 New instances of UserProfile added to AllUsers, not to the receiver 11/19/07
14865 Topaz debugger cannot step past untilTrue method
14023 GemStone does not like a space in its directory name
13660 Login with blank in stone name fails with wrong error
13355 listInstances results may include dead objects 11/20/07
13083 Stack breakpoint at end of method
12981 Hash values change on modification of collection elements
12891 Failed commits can give inconsistent view of data Critical
12819 IdentityDictionary passivate, activate returns unequal Dictionary Info 3/21/11
12778 Execution stack overflow error from Dictionary =
12729 fullBackupTo succeeds to unintended location
12685 continueTransaction misleading in some cases involving rc objects
11976 Unclear error message when attempting to use GciUserActionShutdown incorrectly Info 6/10/08
11611 Incorrect unresolved external references cause errors at run-time
11247 The gemsetup.sh and gemsetup.csh scripts set path incorrectly 11/14/07
11202 Do not copy tape as a test for a readable backup file 11/19/07
10849 waitstone -1 on stone performing restores does not respond
10665 GemStone environment variables work differently for Windows services 9/9/03
10643 Stack limit exceeded when printing Association that refers to itself
10638 Service may not start when GemStone resides on network drive 9/9/03
9537 Reject queries along path containing * return wrong result
9304 Page server processes continue to exist after stopstone
8425 Read lock on temporary object prevents a commit from making it permanent
8199 BackupLog shows backups that failed with bad arg
7863 asFloat parsing may display incorrect values
4390 String>>at:equals: is inconsistent for arg ''

last updated: 04/15/13