The problem affects clients running AIX operating system 5.3 /6.1/7.1 and using Server Express 5.0/5.1.  The users receive the following error when they compile:

ld: 0711-552 SEVERE ERROR: Object somename.o

        Csects with symbol numbers 200 and 180 overlap.

IBM has been rolling out a patch to the AIX operating system that updates their system linker and causes it to flag an error when SX compiles an external .o file into an executable.

The fix

Development made a correction  in Hotfix 3 for Server Express 5.1 WrapPack 6.  It is also included in later Hotfixes and will be part of Server Express 5.1 WrapPack 7.

Info

These Hotfixes must be installed “over the top” of Server Express 5.1 WrapPack 6

Link

Here is a link for Server Express 5.1 WrapPack 6:

http://supportline.microfocus.com/websync/sx51wp6unx.aspx

Be sure to click ""Readme" under the description of your download, for the install instructions.

Link

Here is a link for the Hotfix:

ftp://ftp.microfocus.com/

We now put the Hotfixes on the ftp site for customers to download. They are in a specific area using a unique userid/password combination so this userid will only show the requested Hot Fix.

Please request passwords, etc from a supportline representative:

For WS6 HF3, the  userid is: WS6_HF3     password: ########

For WS6_HF4, the userid is: WS6_HF4     password: ########

On the ftp site click the View menu, select Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer.

Then right click and select Login As...  and supply the login and password.

The two Hotfixes listed address the AIX 0711-552 error. 

Install

Instructions to install one of our Hotfix files are below.

To install the hotfix:

1. On the target server, log in as root.

2. Create a temporary directory:

            # mkdir tmpdir

3. Download the hotfix into the temporary directory.    The downloaded file should have .tar.encr extension.  If it has anything like tar.tar, please rename the extension to .tar.encr

4. Set the COBDIR environment variable:

            # COBDIR=/location-of-your-cobol-product

            # export COBDIR

5. Give execute permissions to the downloaded package:

            # chmod x package.tar.encr

6. Execute the downloaded package to decrypt it:

            # ./package.tar.encr

7. Extract the contents from the package:

            # tar -xf *.tar

8. Give execute permissions to the installation script:

            # chmod x install

9. Execute the installation script:

            # sh ./install