[GemStone-Smalltalk] Potentially Serious Bug

Norm Green norm.green at gemtalksystems.com
Tue Apr 12 15:34:37 PDT 2022


Corrected version shown below to reflect this bug is fixed in 3.6.2. 
Sorry for the error.

Norm

To protect against this bug, here are the recommended courses of action 
based on GemStone/64 version:

3.6.0 - 3.6.1: upgrade to 3.6.3 or 3.6.2.
3.5.6 - 3.5.7 : set STN_TRAN_INCREMENTAL_LOGGING to false, or upgrade to 
3.5.8 or v3.6.3
3.5.0 - 3.5.5 : Upgrade to version 3.5.8 or 3.6.3
3.4.x : - Upgrade to version 3.5.8 or 3.6.3. Alternatively, contact 
GemStone customer support to get special version 3.4.6.2.
3.3.x and prior: - versions prior to 3.4.0 are not affected by this bug.

On 4/12/2022 11:00 AM, Norm Green wrote:
> Dear GemStone/64 Customers,
>
> We want to make you aware of a potentially serious bug in recent 
> versions of the product. The bug is described here:
>
> https://gemtalksystems.com/data/bugnotes/49713.html
>
> To protect against this bug, here are the recommended courses of 
> action based on GemStone/64 version:
>
> 3.6.1 - 3.6.2 : set STN_TRAN_INCREMENTAL_LOGGING to false, or upgrade 
> to 3.6.3
> 3.6.0 : upgrade to 3.6.3
> 3.5.6 - 3.5.7 : set STN_TRAN_INCREMENTAL_LOGGING to false, or upgrade 
> to 3.5.8 or v3.6.3
> 3.5.0 - 3.5.5 : Upgrade to version 3.5.8 or 3.6.3
> 3.4.x : - Upgrade to version 3.5.8 or 3.6.3. Alternatively, contact 
> GemStone customer support to get special version 3.4.6.2.
> 3.3.x and prior: - versions prior to 3.4.0 are not affected by this bug.
>
> Please contact GemTalk customer support if you have questions.
> We sincerely regret any inconvenience caused.
>
> Norm Green



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