CIS Patch 5.8.3.0

[Steve MacDonald]

We recently upgraded from 5.5 rev1 to 5.8 and everything tested successfully.  We then installed the 5.8.3 Patch on IBM AIX 5.3 and ran into errors with the format command in a Tcl call out script.

I ran the command in both 5.8.0 and 5.8.3.  Here are the results when using interactive tcl prompt:

5.8.0.0 –

hcitcl>set x [format %+16.2f -2112.50]

       -2112.50

5.8.3.0 –

hcitcl>set x [format %+16.2f -2112.50]

Error: expected floating-point number but got “-2112.50”

Anyone out there have the same problem?  Is there a work around you put in place?

Thanks in advance!

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[James Nelson]

Glad to see that I’m not losing my mind.  I have a script that ran successfully back in April, but fails now.  I didn’t think about the fact that I had installed the 5.8.3 patch since the last time I ran it.

Looks like I need to open a case with Lawson to get it fixed.

[Charlie Bursell]

I no longer have 5.8.3 since I recently installed Rev 4.  However using 5.8.4 I ran the command on both Windows and AIX and saw no error.

Strange you would see a Tcl error betewn 5.8.0 and 5.8.3.  The Tcl version used in Cloverleaf was last changed with version 5.4.1 and has not changed since

Myybe 5.8.4 is your solution?  BTW, the OS version foy my AIX is: 5.3.0.0

[Rob Abbott]

This was a defect introduced in 5.8.3.0 and fixed in 5.8.4.0.  From the 5.8.4 release notes:

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The format command fails to parse negative numbers in hcitcl (7512)

This was caused by a new cl_strtod, introduced by a previous bug report, that had a bug when parsing positive/negative signs in the string for float number.

This issue no longer occurs.

Rob Abbott
Cloverleaf Emeritus

[James Nelson]

I’ll download 5.8.4 in the morning when I’m back at the office.

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