Bug Notes for GemStone/S v6.1.6

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Number Description Impact Last Updated
46931 Problems reading Unix-formatted text files on Windows normal 2017 06 086/8/17
44548 Multiple set-valued comparison predicates conjoined with & produce inconsistent results normal 2015 12 1812/18/15
44498 Nested block variable resolution with to:do: may be incorrect normal 2014 07 297/29/14
43463 Logins during commitRestore can cause commitRestore to fail normal 2014 05 295/29/14
42090 Problems with AIX on POWER7 normal 2012 04 094/9/12
41794 Turning on stale account aging may disable accounts normal 2012 04 094/9/12
41342 Encoded size ByteArray comparison method primitive failures normal 2011 02 242/24/11
41019 Performance of ordering on multi-predicate indexed queries zInfoInfo 2010 10 2210/22/10
40652 stack corruption returning from ClientForwarder send normal 2011 07 117/11/11
40475 Simultaneous logins by the same userId can result in disabled account normal 2010 04 284/28/10
40438 createExtent during checkpoint can hang checkpoints normal 2009 12 1412/14/09
40054 Large SPC specifications not handled correctly normal 2009 06 116/11/09
39922 findString:startingAt: incorrect for empty string argument normal 2009 04 104/10/09
39900 Remote cross-platform MFC has risk of gem crash normal 2010 01 201/20/10
39847 Incorrect FreeOopCount with GcGem restart normal 2009 04 094/9/09
39740 ByteArray with DateTimes can't be used cross platform normal 2010 01 201/20/10
39677 Transactionless sessions result in shortened LostOT timeout normal 2009 02 042/4/09
39639 ByteArray methods may fail normal 2009 01 231/23/09
39635 Incorrect restore point in timeToRestoreTo: normal 2009 01 231/23/09
39630 With password aging, logins failed while PDR gems running normal 2009 01 231/23/09
39520 Incorrect reason for disabled account normal 2009 01 231/23/09
39481 Commit during login may fail and causing later errors normal 2008 10 1610/16/08
39407 Linux, gstack to dump C stacks may not be found normal 2008 10 1610/16/08
39358 Risk of corruption from AIO page server write failure aCriticalCritical 2009 01 231/23/09
38662 Out of range GEM_PRIVATE_PAGE_CACHE_KB uses max, not default normal 2009 05 065/6/09
38546 Signal handler code is not signal-safe aCriticalCritical 2008 06 256/25/08
38445 markGcCandidates sessions may get lostOTRoot normal 2008 10 1610/16/08
38371 throughAll: incorrect results for some arguments normal 2008 05 155/15/08
38265 False success for String comparison methods normal 2008 04 084/8/08
37973 Multiple Stones can attach to SAN extents causing corruption aCriticalCritical 2007 11 1511/15/07
37320 Integer raisedTo: returns Float normal 2007 08 068/6/07
36966 Remote caches do not use SHR_PAGE_CACHE_LOCKED setting normal 2007 08 308/30/07
36732 Converting DoubleByteString to Number may lose information normal 2007 06 296/29/07
36498 Cannot upgrade after installing TimeZone2007 patch aCriticalCritical 2007 06 196/19/07
36374 DST starts and ends a second late normal 2007 03 073/7/07
36040 Risk of lost data in RcIdentityBag aCriticalCritical 2007 11 0211/2/07
35947 Tranlog analysis scripts limited to first 8-11 tranlogs normal 2006 11 1711/17/06
35922 Asynchronous error handling during user action may corrupt stack normal 2007 01 101/10/07
35810 DateTime problem due to DST rule change aCriticalCritical 2006 12 2712/27/06
35805 Activate of passivated structures with ScaledDecimals or Fractions aCriticalCritical 2007 11 0211/2/07
35640 Error messages report large oops as negatives normal 2006 10 1810/18/06
35611 UserProfile >> isDisabled may return false negative normal 2010 04 264/26/10
34772 Risk of stone hang due to stuck spin lock normal 2008 06 136/13/08
34720 Character >> isAlphaNumeric is incorrect for characters in range 192-254 normal 2006 10 2610/26/06
34584 upToEnd leaves position incorrect normal 2006 10 3010/30/06
34568 NetLDI service port number range zInfoInfo 2006 10 2010/20/06
34456 Compiler problems with DoubleByteStrings normal 2006 03 273/27/06
34314 auditInternalStructures fails for some UnorderedCollection subclasses normal 2006 04 074/7/06
34117 GemStone 6.1.5 and later for Linux will not run on older processors normal 2007 12 0312/3/07
34049 Zombie processing can leave stuck invisible exclusive locks aCriticalCritical 2006 02 082/8/06
33926 Characters > $z don't test correctly for case, type normal 2006 02 062/6/06
33891 bitShift: incorrect results for negative shifts >= 32 normal 2006 01 161/16/06
33886 Uppercase/lowercase not handled correctly for Characters > $þ (254) normal 2014 05 295/29/14
33866 copydbf to Linux character raw partitions fails normal 2006 02 012/1/06
33644 During backup, delayed response to lack of free space normal 2006 02 022/2/06
33579 Character $Þ/$þ does not handle case correctly normal 2006 01 301/30/06
33569 Converting large String or Symbol to DoubleByte may cause corrupt result normal 2006 02 022/2/06
33539 DoubleByteString copyFrom:to:into:startingAt: broken for String destinations normal 2006 02 012/1/06
33404 <=, >=, and default sort incorrectly case-sensitive for DoubleByteStrings normal 2006 01 251/25/06
33298 restoreReclaimPages ties up pages until next tranlog normal 2005 10 1010/10/05
33065 Error on restore of backups of repositories writing tranlogs to /dev/null normal 2006 01 311/31/06
32834 GciNbEnd() only returns results once; documentation incorrect zInfoInfo 2007 11 0211/2/07
31738 Exception #rtErrDoesNotUnderstand can fail with SEGV normal 2005 04 044/4/05
31689 doesNotUnderstand can corrupt stack normal 2005 04 044/4/05
31348 Idle sessions don't immediately exit on stopSession: zInfoInfo 2008 05 155/15/08
31180 Creating symbols via GciCreateByteObj fails normal 2005 04 044/4/05
30982 Problems with debug step command on untilTrue:/untilFalse: normal 2005 04 044/4/05
30915 findDisconnectedObjects not protected against other GC's normal 2005 04 044/4/05
30896 String>>asNumber fails with radix > 10 and character digits normal 2005 04 044/4/05
30820 Unused temporary variable result in incorrect instance variable assignment normal 2004 06 186/18/04
30670 kill -16 to get gem stack should be kill -USR1 zInfoInfo 2004 04 194/19/04
30397 Upgrade resets default TimeZone to Pacific Time normal 2004 12 0212/2/04
30296 Problems building GCI applications on Linux RedHat AS 3.0 normal 2006 02 012/1/06
30202 GsFile doesn't use 64 bit file I/O normal 2004 03 083/8/04
29855 Tranlog sequences can contain "Fork-In-Time" normal 2003 10 2910/29/03
29854 Cannot backup/restore to tape on Linux normal 2003 11 0311/3/03
29830 SIGUSR1 stack print mechanism fails during logout normal 2005 04 044/4/05
29752 Cross-platform pageaudit has false-positive errors. normal 2003 10 2810/28/03
29670 Specification of remote replicate tranlogs may inadvertently succeed normal 2003 10 2810/28/03
29666 Creating a remote compressed backup may inadvertently succeed normal 2003 10 2810/28/03
29627 Nonblocking GCI function may SIGSEGV on Linux normal 2003 10 2810/28/03
29617 restoreReclaimPages primitive errors reported incorrectly normal 2003 09 129/12/03
29593 Log timestamps may be misleading on idle systems normal 2003 09 159/15/03
29578 #transactionless mode incorrect from System(c)>>cacheStatistics: normal 2003 09 129/12/03
29539 Undocumented change in setting for GEM_PRIVATE_PAGE_CACHE_KB aCriticalCritical 2004 04 204/20/04
29520 Stone will not start with null primary/valid replicate tranlog directories zInfoInfo 2003 08 278/27/03
29485 Language file compilation does not handle % as documented normal 2003 09 159/15/03
29242 VSD may fail to start with Tcl 8.3 installed normal
29180 Setting the Linux keepalive option zInfoInfo 2007 11 1611/16/07
29095 In tranlog full condition, sessions may timeout and be killed normal
28821 Statically linked custom gems broken on Linux normal 2007 12 0312/3/07
28789 Inherited NRS value may cause remote SPC startup problems normal
28546 Gems with static user action code die with SIGILL normal 2008 05 155/15/08
28330 Gems can crash with page cache fault during stone shutdown normal
28208 #rtErrLostOtHandlingFailed while in a transaction normal
28103 Tranlog full condition may cause stone to crash normal 2004 03 223/22/04
28057 Repeated tranlog space full condition can cause fatal stone error aCriticalCritical
27908 Set-valued indexes are known to have problems normal 2003 08 118/11/03
27660 continueTransaction after password change fails normal
27338 Missing tranlogs are not detected during restore normal
27268 Interrupted recovery can lead to page audit errors normal
27227 Topaz output suppressed while executing from .topazini normal
27134 HP-UX: shmat() authorization failure during login without setmemwindow zInfoInfo
27091 Some statmonitor statistics not updated for remote shared page cache normal 2007 11 2611/26/07
27089 OS network drives can confuse GemStone local/remote status aCriticalCritical
27082 Repository >> restoreStatusNextFileId not aware of final fileId zInfoInfo
27065 Recovery fails with unused extents normal 2007 11 2111/21/07
26972 Remote page cache termination can lead to cache corruption aCriticalCritical 2007 12 0312/3/07
26396 copydbf of a compressed gzip file fails normal
26117 GsFile class>>contentsAndTypesOfDirectory:onClient: reports files as directories normal
25456 Compressed file names without .gz appended normal
25124 fullBackupCompressedTo: fails for raw character partitions normal
24961 Increasing #mfcGcPageBufSize can have adverse effects zInfoInfo 2004 06 076/7/04
24015 AllSymbols collection is not scalable normal
23975 GCI user actions may have incorrect results following a full backup normal
23746 Object audit can inappropriately re-enable logins normal
23508 Correction for poor performance using _asIdentityBag on large Bags/Set normal
23073 SharedDependencyList inefficiencies may cause performance issues normal 2014 05 105/10/14
22884 Upgrades can cause inefficient garbage collection zInfoInfo
22722 Incomplete implementation of BinaryFloat (C)>> status normal
22542 GBS sessions cannot respond to sigAborts when control passes outside Smalltalk normal
22507 RcQueues will not work after January 5, 2012 aCriticalCritical
22170 reclaimAll can fail immediately after markForCollection zInfoInfo
21888 System timeGmt95 and timeGmt2005 are off by 72 minutes, 48 seconds normal 2016 08 238/23/16
21365 startstone or login fail with misleading shmget() error normal
20341 Temporary object audit errors after restore normal
19449 DateTime creation on boundaries of Daylight Savings Time normal
19327 GEM_IO_LIMIT parameter not functional normal
19246 "Audit errors" during object audit and/or page audit normal
19095 Performing repository restore as DataCurator generates error zInfoInfo
18525 max values for gcGem parameters silently restricted to max SmallInteger values normal
15521 Date does not restrict year inputs normal
15520 Stone hangs when repository is full normal 2008 06 106/10/08
15350 Comparison of nil DateTime yields unexpected result normal
15190 Network crash may prevent Gems from committing normal 2007 12 0312/3/07
15073 New instances of UserProfile added to AllUsers, not to the receiver normal 2007 11 1911/19/07
14865 Topaz debugger cannot step past untilTrue method normal
13660 Login with blank in stone name fails with wrong error normal
13355 listInstances results may include dead objects normal 2007 11 2011/20/07
13083 Stack breakpoint at end of method normal
12981 Hash values change on modification of collection elements normal
12891 Failed commits can give inconsistent view of data aCriticalCritical
12819 IdentityDictionary passivate, activate returns unequal Dictionary zInfoInfo 2011 03 213/21/11
12778 Execution stack overflow error from Dictionary = normal
12729 fullBackupTo succeeds to unintended location normal
12685 continueTransaction misleading in some cases involving rc objects normal
11976 Unclear error message when attempting to use GciUserActionShutdown incorrectly zInfoInfo 2008 06 106/10/08
11611 Incorrect unresolved external references cause errors at run-time normal
11247 The gemsetup.sh and gemsetup.csh scripts set path incorrectly normal 2007 11 1411/14/07
11202 Do not copy tape as a test for a readable backup file normal 2007 11 1911/19/07
10849 waitstone -1 on stone performing restores does not respond normal
10643 Stack limit exceeded when printing Association that refers to itself normal
9537 Reject queries along path containing * return wrong result normal
9304 Page server processes continue to exist after stopstone normal
8425 Read lock on temporary object prevents a commit from making it permanent normal
8199 BackupLog shows backups that failed with bad arg normal
7863 asFloat parsing may display incorrect values normal
4390 String>>at:equals: is inconsistent for arg '' normal

Last updated: 10/23/18

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