Patch 200712183-8 - Rational Apex Embedded (VxWorks/Tornado)
                    4.4 for Linux/Intel i386->PowerPC
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To install this patch, download these 3 files and run the install script:
   install_i386_linux2_200712183_8
   i386_linux2.patch.200712183-8.inventory
   i386_linux2.patch.200712183-8.tar.Z


Description

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It is suggested that all users install this patch.

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This patch fixes the following:

Defect RATLC00145342:

The intermediate files produced by the compilers in the 4.4.0
patches 200603173-8 contain a later revision number than that expected
by the Apex Embedded Debugger for Tornado (PowerPC). This causes the
debugger to fail with the message:

hello.2.dna was created by a newer release of Apex

where hello is the name of the program being debugged. The apex_trace
tool also references intermediate code and is similarly affected.
This patch provides Solaris and Linux debuggers and trace tools
modified to recognize the new intermediate file format.

Defect RATLC00397496:

The apex_convert utility in Rational Ada Embedded Developer 4.4.0 is
erroneous. It can overflow one of its internal buffers, with
unpredictable results. Frequently this involves corruption of the
underlying memory management heap structure (used by the system
malloc() utility), which in turn frequently results in apex_convert
terminating with a segmentation fault. Other observed effects are
apex_convert INTERNAL ERROR messages.

This patch provides a corrected Linux binary for apex_convert.

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It is suggested that all users install this patch.