Re: EPICS R3.15.5 Patches slated for the "Known Problems" Page.

["Williams Jr., Ernest L." <ernesto@slac.stanford.edu>]

Awesome.

Ernest Williams
Dept. Head, Advanced Control Systems
Advanced Instrumentation Research, Technology Innovation Directorate
SLAC National Laboratory, Stanford University

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From: core-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov <core-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov> on behalf of Andrew Johnson <anj@aps.anl.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 11:50 AM
To: core-talk@aps.anl.gov
Subject: Re: EPICS R3.15.5 Patches slated for the "Known Problems" Page.

 

Added to R3.15.5 Known Problems page, sorry for the delay.

- Andrew

On 03/27/2018 09:17 AM, Williams Jr., Ernest L. wrote:
> Thanks,
>
> Comments below:
>
>
>
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> *From:* core-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov <core-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov> on
> behalf of Ralph Lange <ralph.lange@gmx.de>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 27, 2018 1:32 AM
> *To:* EPICS Core Talk
> *Subject:* Re: EPICS R3.15.5 Patches slated for the "Known Problems" Page.
>  
> So, to sum things up,
>
> The fix for lp:1527636
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/1527636> was

Bug #1527636 “Client exit delays caused by reverse name ...

bugs.launchpad.net

From benjamin.franksen _AT_ helmholtz-berlin.de: We've been hit by a problem reported several times on tech-talk, last time in 2013, with the final message that identifies it's cause here: http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/tech-talk/2013/msg00836.php Mistakenly relying on Google search (instead of search on tech-talk directly) we only found a thread ...

> re-introducing lp:1580623
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/1580623>, a fact that was
> noted in the former but not in the latter issue. The latter issue was
> also not re-opened, so that this did not get the attention it should
> have had.
>
> The commit of February 2017 fixes the reintroduced bug.
>
> When Andrew is back at work, I am sure he will take care of adding this
> to the appropriate "Known Issues" page.
> (Lab policies to not allow any non-APS web maintainers.)
>
> Thanks for pointing this out and for the clarification,
>
> ELW: ==============================================================================
>
> I have run tests for more than 24 hours and this patch looks good.
>
> Although, 
> CA.Client.Exception...............................................
>    Warning: "Identical process variable names on multiple servers"
>
> There is no caget core dump;  caget continues to "rock and roll"
> ELW:
> ==============================================================================
>
> Cheers,
> Ernest
>
>
>
> ~Ralph
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 7:38 AM, Bruce Hill <bhill@slac.stanford.edu
> <mailto:bhill@slac.stanford.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Ralph,
>
>     Michael D. suggests it was fixed via launchpad:1527636
>
>     https://git.launchpad.net/epics-base/commit/?id=5783823e251bf00479dccdef771057720c32d01f
>     <https://git.launchpad.net/epics-base/commit/?id=5783823e251bf00479dccdef771057720c32d01f>
>
>
>     That commit is on 3.15 branch but after R3.15.5.
>
>     Ernest is doing some tests w/ that commit added to our local 3.15.5
>     branch.
>
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     - Bruce
>

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