4.4.1 Release Summary

The primary purpose of release 4.4.1 is to provide a compatible release to the Apex 4.4.0 release. Release 4.2.3 also contains several minor updates and bug fixes.

Version Compatibility

1. Version 4.4.1 of the Ada Analyzer is released with version 4.4.0 of Apex. The source-code subsystems delivered in the base/ada directory import the 4.4.0 releases of the Apex lrm.ss and predefined.ss subsystems and release 4.4.0 of asis.ada95.ss. If you are installing the Ada Analyzer with some other (4.4.X) Apex release and you are installing the optional Ada Analyzer source-code subsystems, the post_install procedure may fail when remodeling the Ada Analyzer source subsystems. To complete installation of these subsystems, explicitly remove the existing imports to the Apex subsystems (lrm, predefined, and asis.ada95) and replace them with imports to the latest release views of the Apex release you are working with.
2. The Apex 4.4.0 release no longer supports the Ada83 version of the language. It only supports the Ada95 version of the language. As such, the Ada Analyzer tools, originally written in Ada83 has been "translated" into Ada95. Use of the source code subsystems described above in paragram 1 will now require use of the Ada95 version of the language. In addition, since Apex 4.4.0 provides compilation support only for Ada95, only Ada95 implementation can be Analyzed by release 4.4.0 (or later). In order to analyze Ada83 libraries, the 4.2.3 release (or earlier) must be used.

Known Problems

1. Although it is possible to kill or shutdown the Ada_Analyzer_Server from the Apex servers window, this action may make the server nonfunctional in the current Apex session. When the server job is killed, the server remains registered with Apex and cannot be re-registered. The only known workaround is to exit and restart Apex. This is an Apex bug.

Platforms affected: all

1. A bug with the Apex 4.4.0 dialog server prevents the default selection of multiple options in Ada Analyzer dialog boxes. Multiple selection by users is still supported.

Configuration Issues

1. The contents of the file /rational/releases/ada_analyzer.4.4.1/ configuration_policy/current_configuration may need to be changed. This file should contain the pathname of the default configuration-policy directory delivered with this release of the Ada Analyzer: $AA_HOME/configuration_policy/default_configuration . The umbrella pathname ( $AA_HOME ) may need to be changed, depending on where you installed the Ada Analyzer. A warning message will be displayed if this pathname does not resolve.