APS APXGW100E01 Advanced Printing Software for Tru64 UNIX ECO Summary

TITLE: APS APXGW100E01 Advanced Printing Software for Tru64 UNIX ECO Summary
 

Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 1999.  All rights reserved.


Modification Date:  09-AUG-1999
Modification Type:  New Kit

OP/SYS:     Compaq Tru64 UNIX [R] V4.0D through V5.0

COMPONENT:  Advanced Printing Software (APS) V1.0

SOURCE:     Compaq Computer Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  APXGW100E01
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  none
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  180 Blocks, 92,160 Bytes
     Kit Applies To:  Advanced Printing Software (APS) V1.0 for
                      Compaq Tru64 UNIX V4.0D, V4.0E, V4.0F and V5.0
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  No
     Installation Rating:  N/A
     Kit Dependencies:

       The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
       installation of this kit:

         None 

       In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
       kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:

         None 


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for Advanced Printing Software (APS) V1.0 on Compaq 
Tru64 UNIX [R] V4.0D through V5.0.  This kit addresses the following 
problems: 

Problems addressed in APXGW100E01:

  o  Potential job data loss in BSD Inbound Gateway

     Job data files submitted through the BSD inbound gateway daemon 
     can be inadvertently corrupted when a newly submitted print job 
     has the same job number and originating host as a previously 
     submitted job.  This scenario can occur in one of the following 
     ways:

      - More than 1000 jobs are submitted to a particular printer 
        queue when the printer is disabled or backlogged.

      - Two or more jobs are submitted to the gateway from one 
        remote host, and happen to have the same job number, even 
        if they are destined for different printers.

     The version of the inbound gateway daemon supplied with this ECO 
     corrects the problem by giving spooled data files unique names, 
     based on the printer name, the gateway process ID and a timestamp 
     string.  It is identified by the version string "1.0-A", which 
     can be obtained by running the program with the -V option.

  NOTE:  This ECO applies only to the BSD inbound-gateway daemon 
         supplied with the APXGW100 subset.  Advanced Printing base 
         client installations do not require this ECO.  To determine 
         which Advanced Printing subsets are installed, use the
         following command:

           # setld -i | grep APX

         To determine which version of the BSD inbound gateway is 
         installed, use the following command:

           # /usr/pd/sbin/in.bsd-gw -V

         The previous version reports "illegal option -- V".
         The version supplied with this patch identifies itself as "1.0-A".

           # what /usr/pd/lib/bsd_dpa.so
           /usr/pd/lib/bsd_dpa.so:
                   misc.c  1.6     98/02/20 SunSoft
                   cancel_job.c    1.6     98/02/27 SunSoft
                   ns_api.h 1.3     96/04/01 SunSoft
                   ns.h 1.3     95/04/13 SunSoft
                   submit_job.c    1.24    98/07/20 SunSoft
                   ns_api.h 1.3     96/04/01 SunSoft
                   ns.h 1.3     95/04/13 SunSoft
                   show_status.c   1.10   99/06/14 SunSoft <--- different
                   ns_api.h 1.3     96/04/01 SunSoft
                   ns.h 1.3     95/04/13 SunSoft
                   xerox_extensions.c      1.15    96/11/18 SunSoft
  

INSTALLATION NOTES:

This ECO applies only to the BSD inbound-gateway daemon supplied with 
the APXGW100 subset.  Advanced Printing base client installations do not 
require this ECO.  To determine which Advanced Printing subsets are 
installed, use the following command:

        #  setld -i | grep APX

Installation of this ECO requires the subset APXGW100 to have been 
previously installed.  During the installation process, updated files 
will be replaced.  To install this ECO, use the setld command:

        # setld -l 

Once the ECO installation is completed, Compaq recommends you stop the
BSD inbound-gateway daemon and restart it for the changes to take effect:

        #  ps auxw | grep in.bsd-gw | egrep -v grep
        #  kill -TERM 
        #  /sbin/init.d/apx start


To remove this ECO, use setld to delete the ECO subset.  When the subset
it de-installed, the original files will be replaced.

        #  setld -d APXGW100E01


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