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The Question is: I have downloaded Mozilla V1.2Beta (and V1.1). I note from the release notes at http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/products/ips/mozilla_relnotes.html that these versions are not supported under VMS 7.1-2 but that they will work. As far as I recall, this position is confirmed when installing using PRODUCT INSTALL (which completed without problems) however, I did not keep a record. Unfortunately, they do not work. I receive the following error message: $ @sys$common:[mozilla]mozilla Starting mozilla-bin... %DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image CMA$TIS_SHR -CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file GEORDI$DKA300:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSLIB]SHR.EXE -SYSTEM-F-SHRIDMISMAT, ident mismatch with shareable image (I also get the same error when trying to unpack the self-extracting zip archives but I cheated by using unzip instead.) So I went to ftp.service.compaq.com looking for a patch which updates CMA$TIS_SHR. The only patch I could find that looks like it might be suitable is VMS712_PTHREADS-V0300. However, the readme says not to install this patch if Compaq Multimedia Services for OpenVMS Alpha V2.0 (MMOV) is installed. (I have MMOV V2.2 installed). So, my questions are: 1. Who should I tell that the mozilla release notes are wrong? This does not seem to be a mozilla bug and bugzilla seems inappropriate (not to mention not very useful from netscape 3.03). 2. Would installing VMS712_PTHREADS-V0300 help out with the ident mismatch problem? 3. Would installing VMS712_PTHREADS-V0300 mess up MMOV V2.2 or does it only relate to the IVP in V2.0? The Answer is : As should be no surprise, the OpenVMS Wizard will encourage you to upgrade your OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-2 release (first shipped in 1998) to a more current OpenVMS release. As of this writing, V7.2-2 or V7.3-1 would be the releases that the OpenVMS Wizard would upgrade to. The OpenVMS Wizard would also encourage you to apply the mandatory ECO kits for the current OpenVMS release in use, whatever release that might be. It does appear that Mozilla was built against and does require newer RTLs than are presently loaded in your environment. You might well be able to "ECO your way forward" sufficiently far enough for your own particular purposes here, but the supported minimum OpenVMS release for Mozilla is -- as stated -- OpenVMS Alpha V7.2-1. Here is the text: "Mozilla Supported Only on OpenVMS Version 7.2-1 and higher M0.9.5 is the last milestone release of Mozilla that is supported on OpenVMS Version 7.1-2 and earlier. The current release of Mozilla for OpenVMS is supported only on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.2-1 or higher. Note: Although Mozilla can be installed and run on OpenVMS Version 7.1-2 systems, the official end of support date for Version 7.1-2 is December 31, 2001. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to a later version of OpenVMS, such as Version 7.2-2 or Version 7.3-1."
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