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by kerky » Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:29 am
Hello,
the installation of DEC FORMS for X86 under community license /VirtualBox fails. All community PAKs are installed and up-to-date. Package is from service portal. Unzipped files copied to SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR.FORMS] dir. Installation tried with VMSINSTAL command. Here is the output:
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$ @vmsinstal
OpenVMS Software Product Installation Procedure E9.2-1
It is 17-APR-2023 at 11:25.
Enter a question mark (?) at any time for help.
%VMSINSTAL-W-ACTIVE, The following processes are still active:
TCPIP$FTP_1
* Do you want to continue anyway [NO]? yes
* Are you satisfied with the backup of your system disk [YES]? yes
* Where will the distribution volumes be mounted: SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR.FORMS]
Enter the products to be processed from the first distribution volume set.
* Products: FORMSX042
* Enter installation options you wish to use (none):
The following products will be processed:
FORMSX V4.2
Beginning installation of FORMSX V4.2 at 11:25
**********************************************************************
%VMSINSTAL-I-VALSIGN, Performing product kit validation of signed kits ...
Success
%VMSINSTAL-I-VALPASSED, validation of SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR.FORMS]FORMSX042.A_VNC
succeeded
Success
%VMSINSTAL-I-VALPASSED, validation of SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR.FORMS]FORMSX042.B_VNC
succeeded
Verification of signed file failed
error no <33554536>, text: <error:02000068:rsa routines::bad signature>
error no <478674948>, text: <error:1C880004:Provider routines::RSA lib>
Failed
%VMSINSTAL-F-UNEXPECTED, Installation terminated due to unexpected event.
VMSINSTAL procedure done at 11:25
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by spoofy » Mon Apr 17, 2023 7:07 am
Looks as damaged file. Did you unzip on VMS or in another comp?
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by kerky » Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:12 am
In another comp. Will retry on VMS, maybe some file attributes were not properly retained.
Thanks!
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by volkerhalle » Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:33 am
Kerky,
note that you can verify these files individually, before using them in @VMSINSTAL
$ vms_notary:==$VMS_NOTARY.EXE
$ vms_notary ! to see help text
$ vms_notary -i SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSMGR.FORMS]FORMSX042.B_VNC
OpenVMS .ZIP files (especially kit files) should always be unzipped on OpenVMS.
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by sms » Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:11 am
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> OpenVMS .ZIP files (especially kit files) should always be unzipped
> on OpenVMS.
Define "OpenVMS .ZIP files". A zip archive is a zip archive.
A zip archive can contain _files_ which have VMS-specific file
attributes (non-sequential organization, record attribute, record size,
record format, ...). VMS BACKUP save sets and PCSI kit files are such
files. (Or Mac files with Mac-specific data like resource forks, Finder
info, or other extended file attributes.)
If such files are extracted onto a file system where such attributes
don't exist, then significant information can be lost.
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by kerky » Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:32 am
Great. Extracting files on VMS worked fine. Thanks a lot!
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by hein » Mon Apr 17, 2023 12:00 pm
>>> error no <33554536>, text: <error:02000068:rsa routines::bad signature>
>>> Did you unzip on VMS or in another comp?
Can this VMS_NOTARY not be made to be a little more helpful?
Can it for example detect incorrect record attributes like 'stream' and complain appropriately?
"Incorrect [ Stream | Variable length ] record format detected. Perhaps due to non-binary transfer or unzip on non-OpenVMS platform?"
Hein.