Bug 45692

Bug: 45692

Impact:

Product:

GemStone/S 64 Bit

Versions:

3.2.16, 3.2.15, 3.2.14, 3.2.13, 3.2.12, 3.2.11, 3.2.10, 3.2.9, 3.2.8.1, 3.2.8, 3.2.7, 3.2.6, 3.2.5, 3.2.4, 3.2.3, 3.2.2, 3.2.1, 3.2, 3.1.0.6, 3.1.0.5, 3.1.0.4, 3.1.0.2, 3.1.0.1, 3.0.1, 2.4.8, 2.4.7, 2.4.6, 2.4.5.1, 2.4.5, 2.4.4.8, 2.4.4.7, 2.3.1.6, 2.2.5.4

Platform:

All Platforms

Fixed In:

3.3

Error message "Primitive number -1 (or -2) does not exist in the virtual machine" confusing

The following error message is incorrect:

   GemStone: Error Nonfatal
   a InternalError occurred (error 2083), Primitive number -1 does not exist in the virtual machine.
   Error Category: [GemStone] Number: 2083 Arg Count: 1
   Arg 1: -1

The negative number (-1 or -2) is *not* the number of the primitive being called but an internal status indicator:

   -1 = primitive does not exist
   -2 = primitive should not be used

The correct message is:

Non-existent primitive called:  status = -1.  This usually indicates a mismatch between the smalltalk image and virtual machine.


One frequent cause of this error would be restoring a backup made on one version of GemStone into a system configured for a different version of GemStone.