This chapter summarizes the base operating system patches included in Patch Kit-0002.
Table 2-1 lists patches that have been updated.
Table 2-2
provides a summary of patches.
Table 2-1: Updated Base Operating System Patches
Patch IDs | Change Summary |
Patches 116.00. 118.00, 120.00, 122.00, 124.00, 126.00, 128.00, 130.00, 132.00, 134.00, 150.00, 152.00, 163.00, 165.00, 172.00, 176.00, 178.00, 180.00, 182.00, 184.00, 192.00, 194.00, 196.00, 200.00, 202.00, 207.00, 209.00, 213.00 | New |
Patches 13.00, 24.00, 39.00, 40.00, 92.00, 52.00, 87.00, 104.00, 105.00, 106.00, 107.00, 108.00, 109.00, 110.00, 111.00, 112.00 | Superseded by Patch 114.00 |
Patch 80.00 | Superseded by Patch 126.00 |
Patches 28.00, 29.00, 43.00, 49.00, 55.00, 56.00, 58.00, 16.00, 17.00, 18.00, 93.00, 88.00, 94.00, 96.00, 135.00, 136.00, 137.00, 138.00, 139.00 | Superseded by Patch 141.00 |
Patches 91.00, 142.00, 143.00, 144.00, 145.00, 146.00 | Superseded by Patch 148.00 |
Patch 54.00 | Superseded by Patch 154.00 |
Patches 26.00, 101.00, 155.00 | Superseded by Patch 157.00 |
Patches 45.00, 46.00, 44.00, 82.00, 102.00 | Superseded by Patch 159.00 |
Patches 4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00 | Superseded by Patch 167.00 |
Patches 168.00 | Superseded by Patch 170.00 |
Patch 9.00 | Superseded by Patch 174.00 |
Patches 85.00, 103.00 | Superseded by Patch 186.00 |
Patch 78.00 | Superseded by Patch 188.00 |
Patches 48.00, 77.00 | Superseded by Patch 190.00 |
Patch 30.00 | Superseded by Patch 198.00 |
Patch 203.00 | Superseded by Patch 205.00 |
Patch 50.00 | Superseded by Patch 211.00 |
Patches 59.00, 161.00 | Superseded by Patch 215.00 |
Patch 84.00 | Superseded by Patch 217.00 |
Table 2-2: Summary of Base Operating System Patches
Patch IDs | Abstract |
Patch 1.00 OSF505CDE-001 |
Patch: CDE does not recreate list of application groups State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Application Manager did not recreate the list of application groups at login. After customizing the application groups, users would see the old groups instead of the new groups. |
Patch 2.00 OSF505DX-002 |
Patch: Compaq SNMP subagent core dumps State: Existing This patch fixes a problem that causes Compaq SNMP subagent (cpq_mibs) to coredump at boot-up time or when being reinvoked, which results in an invalid display of information on Insight Manager web pages. |
Patch 3.00 OSF505DX-003 |
Patch: Fixes automount problem State: Existing This patch fixes a problem that occurs when restarting all NFS daemons with the automount argument set to empty. |
Patch 8.00 OSF505X11-001 |
Patch: Provides missing compose definitions for ISO8859-15 State: Existing This patch provides missing compose definitions in ISO8859-15-based locales for scaron, Scaron, zcaron, and Zcaron characters. |
Patch 10.00 OSF505X11-003A |
Patch: Fixes a problem with the svn widget of libDXm.so State: Existing This patch fixes a problem in which the svn widget of libDXm.so creates identical backgrounds and foregrounds. |
Patch 11.00 OSF505X11-004 |
Patch: Fix for lbxproxy utility State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where the X windows lbxproxy utility that is used to make Low Bandwidth X (LBX) connections to an X server did not accept local connections. |
Patch 12.00 OSF505X11-005 |
Patch: Drawing problems with PowerStorm 4D10T graphics card State: Existing This patch corrects the following problems:
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Patch 14.00 OSF505-005 |
Patch: Updates the Danish (da_DK.ISO8859-1) locale State: Existing This patch updates the Danish (da_DK.ISO8859-1) locale to use all lowercase month names. |
Patch 15.00 OSF505-006 |
Patch: Fixes a problem that occurs in multibyte locales State: Existing This patch fixes a problem that sometimes occurs when sorting large data files in a multibyte locale such as Japanese. |
Patch 19.00 OSF505-010 |
Patch: Fixes a problem with the grep command State: Existing This patch fixes a problem with the grep command in which the options -p -v together do not produce any output. |
Patch 22.00 OSF505-013A |
Patch: Fix for EVM problems on some Alpha EV6 systems State: Existing This patch fixes the following EVM problems on some AlphaTMTM EV6 systems:
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Patch 23.00 OSF505-014 |
Patch: Fixes a kernel memory fault when using ATM State: Existing This patch fixes a kernel memory fault when using ATM. |
Patch 25.00 OSF505-016 |
Patch: Fix for VMAC functionality when used with NETrain State: Supersedes patch OSF505-011 (20.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 27.00 OSF505-018 |
Patch: Changes quotactl prototype to meet POSIX standards State: Existing This patch changes the quotactl prototype in /usr/include/ufs/quota.h to meet POSIX standards. |
Patch 31.00 OSF505-022 |
Patch: Fix for nfscast error message State: Existing This patch prevents the message "nfscast: select: Invalid argument" message from appearing in the daemon.log when the server is not available. It also changes the "trymany: servers not responding: RPC: Unable to receive" message to an informational message rather than an error message. |
Patch 32.00 OSF505-023 |
Patch: Kernel panics Classical IP over lfa ATM driver State: Existing This patch fixes a kernel panic seen when running Classical IP over the lfa ATM driver. This panic would only occur in lockmode 4. If not in lockmode 4, the symptom would be a CPU hang. |
Patch 33.00 OSF505-024 |
Patch: System panics when running ATM State: Existing This patch fixes a problem in which the system may panic with the error message "simple lock: time limit exceeded" when running ATM. |
Patch 35.00 OSF505-026 |
Patch: Fixes a problem with the find command State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where the find command fails to show filenames that start with a period. |
Patch 36.00 OSF505-027 |
Patch: OS only looks in slot 0 for primary CPU State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where the operating system only looks in slot 0 for the primary CPU. |
Patch 37.00 OSF505-028 |
Patch: Fixes a tftpd problem State: Existing This patch fixes a tftpd problem. When responding to a broadcast read request and it would add the -b option to control whether to respond to any broadcasts. |
Patch 38.00 OSF505-029 |
Patch: Fixes linker (ld) problems State: Existing This patch corrects two linker (ld) problems:
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Patch 41.00 OSF505-032 |
Patch: Corrects problem with the fgrep command State: Existing This patch corrects a problem with the fgrep command. When fgrep is used with the -s flag, all output is suppressed. |
Patch 42.00 OSF505-033 |
Patch: Fixes problem with the restore command State: Existing This patch fixes a problem in which the restore command can fail with the following error: Cannot malloc space for property list
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Patch 47.00 OSF505-038 |
Patch: UFS disk quotas are not updating automatically State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where UFS disk quotas are not updating automatically. |
Patch 51.00 OSF505-043 |
Patch: Provides the latest driver for PowerStorm 4D10T State: Existing This patch provides the latest driver for the PowerStorm 4D10T (ELSA Gloria Synergy, SN-PBXGK-BB) graphics card and the latest graphics driver for the PCI To Ethernet/Graphics Combo Adapter (3X-DEPVD-AA). |
Patch 53.00 OSF505-045 |
Patch: Fixes errors seen when compiling with the -om switch State: Existing This patch fixes three errors that are occasionally seen when compiling with the -om switch: om: fast access range error
om: value(0x1201704de) not in range of GP table
om: value(0x1201704de) not in range of GP table
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Patch 57.00 OSF505-049 |
Patch: Fixes "lock_terminate: lock held" panic State: Existing This patch fixes a "lock_terminate: lock held" panic when deleting a process group. |
Patch 61.00 OSF505-055 |
Patch: Hardware manager inaccurately reports CPU speed State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where the hardware manager inaccurately reports a CPU speed that was one MHz less than the correct speed. |
Patch 62.00 OSF505-056 |
Patch: Cursor displays incorrectly when image plane is set to 1 State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where the cursor is displayed incorrectly when the image plane is set to 1 and the mask plane is set to 0. |
Patch 64.00 OSF505-058 |
Patch: Fixes btcreate and btextract problems State: Existing This patch fixes the following btcreate and btextract problems:
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Patch 65.00 OSF505-059 |
Patch: Fixes a hang in the shutdown process State: Existing This patch fixes a hang in the shutdown process (shutdown now) of a system when a device has flow control switched off. |
Patch 66.00 OSF505-060 |
Patch: Fixes kdbx extensions mount and swap State: Existing This patch fixes problems with the kdbx extensions mount and swap. Information about the file system type is incorrect in the mount command. The device name is missing in the swap command. |
Patch 67.00 OSF505-062A |
Patch: Fixes a problem with routines in the libst library State: Supersedes patch OSF505-025A (34.00) This patch corrects the following problems:
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Patch 68.00 OSF505-063 |
Patch: Fix for vrestore problems State: Existing This patch corrects the following vrestore problems:
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Patch 69.00 OSF505-064 |
Patch: Updates the lfa ATM device driver to V1.0.17 State: Existing This patch updates the lfa ATM device driver to V1.0.17 and adds some enhancements as well as a fix for a kernel memory fault seen when either shutting down or restarting the device driver. |
Patch 70.00 OSF505X11-003B |
Patch: Static library fix for libDXm State: Existing This patch fixes a problem in which the svn widget of libDXm.so creates identical backgrounds and foregrounds. |
Patch 71.00 OSF505-013B |
Patch: Static library fix for libevm State: Existing This patch fixes the following EVM problems on some Alpha EV6 systems:
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Patch 72.00 OSF505-025B |
Patch: Cannot change file permission using libst routines State: Existing This patch fixes a problem with two routines in the libst library, st_obj_open() and st_obj_write(). The ability to change a file permission using these two libst routines is denied if group has write permissions. |
Patch 73.00 OSF505-062B |
Patch: prof profiling tool causes segmentation fault State: Existing This patch fixes a segmentation fault problem with the profiling tool prof. The problem is in library routines that access the line number information in the symbol table, and can affect other commands that look at the symbol table. |
Patch 74.00 OSF505-030B |
Patch: Security (SSRT0636U) State: Existing A potential security vulnerability has been discovered where, under certain circumstances, system integrity may be compromised. This may be in the form of improper file or privilege management. Compaq has corrected this potential vulnerability. |
Patch 75.00 OSF505DX-008 |
Patch: Fix for System Management Station daemon State: Existing This patch fixes the following problems with the System Management Station daemon:
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Patch 76.00 OSF505X11-006A |
Patch: Security (SSRT0656U) State: Existing A potential security vulnerability has been discovered where, under certain circumstances, system integrity may be compromised. This may be in the form of improper file or privilege management. Compaq has corrected this potential vulnerability. |
Patch 79.00 OSF505-077A |
Patch: Fix for pax and vdump problems State: Supersedes patch OSF505-012 (21.00) This patch corrects the following problems:
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Patch 81.00 OSF505-072 |
Patch: Fix for dn_setup core dump State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where /sbin/dn_setup will core dump during the boot process. The following error is displayed: /sbin/dn_setup: 1572936 Memory fault - core dumped
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Patch 83.00 OSF505-066 |
Patch: SCSI_MC_GENERIC-READ_ELEMENT_STATUS fails State: Existing This patch fixes a problem in which the SCSI_MC_GENERIC-READ_ELEMENT_STATUS fails with an ioctl return status of -1 and an "i/o error" message. |
Patch 86.00 OSF505-070 |
Patch: Fix for rm_state_change panic State: Supersedes patch OSF505-057 (63.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 89.00 OSF505-076 |
Patch: Adding swap partition less than 8KB causes problems State: Supersedes patch OSF505-054 (60.00) This patch corrects the following problems:
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Patch 90.00 OSF505-081 |
Patch: versw command can core dump during rolling upgrade State: New This patch fixes a problem where the versw command can core dump during a rolling upgrade. |
Patch 95.00 OSF505-082A |
Patch: Overlap checking in MKFDMN and NEWFS fails State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where overlap checking in MKFDMN and NEWFS would fail for third-party drivers used in a cluster. |
Patch 97.00 OSF505-085 |
Patch: Fixes a problem with the dlsym routine State: Existing This patch fixes a problem with the dlsym() routine. The problem was that dlsym() would perform a ring search when locating symbols in a library that was linked with the -B symbolic linker flag. The dlsym() search in this case is only a depth search. With this fix, only the selected library and its dependencies will be searched. The search will not continue to the application and its dependencies. |
Patch 98.00 OSF505-077B |
Patch: pax opens and truncated pre-existing files State: Existing This patch fixes the following pax and vdump problems:
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Patch 99.00 OSF505-082B |
Patch: MKFDMN NEWFS fails for third party drivers in cluster State: Existing This patch fixes a problem where overlap checking in MKFDMN and NEWFS would fail for third-party drivers used in a cluster. |
Patch 100.00 OSF505X11-006B |
Patch: Security (SSRT0656U) State: Existing A potential security vulnerability has been discovered where, under certain circumstances, system integrity may be compromised. This may be in the form of improper file or privilege management. Compaq has corrected this potential vulnerability. |
Patch 114.00 OSF505-099 |
Patch: Security (SSRT0636U) State: Supersedes patches OSF505-004 (13.00), OSF505-015 (24.00), OSF505-030A (39.00), OSF505-031 (40.00), OSF505-061 (92.00), OSF505-044 (52.00), OSF505-071 (87.00), OSF505-105 (104.00), OSF505-137A (105.00), OSF505-128 (106.00), OSF505-135 (107.00), OSF505-086 (108.00), OSF505-116 (109.00), OSF505-118 (110.00), OSF505-119 (111.00), OSF505-113 (112.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 114.00 continued |
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Patch 116.00 OSF505-137B |
Patch: Fixes a problem in uucp State: New This patch fixes a problem in uucp where uucp fails on systems names that are greater than seven characters. |
Patch 118.00 OSF505-089 |
Patch: Corrects a problem in the lat driver State: New This patch corrects a problem in the lat driver which caused improper processing of the ioctl TCSBRK as well as the generation of spurious <BREAK> characters when the libc routine tcdrain() was used. |
Patch 120.00 OSF505-120 |
Patch: System panic occurs when auditing is enabled State: New This patch fixes the problem where a system may panic with a kernel memory fault when auditing is enabled. |
Patch 122.00 OSF505-080 |
Patch: Fixes a timeout table overflow system panic State: New This patch fixes a timeout table overflow system panic, especially in a clustered environment. This occurs when a bus reset in the isp driver did not restore the System Priority Level (spl), leaving it at an elevated level. |
Patch 124.00 OSF505X11-008 |
Patch: Adds support for euro character to keymap files State: New This patch adds support for the euro character to keymap files. |
Patch 126.00 OSF505-139A |
Patch: Fix for threaded applications problem State: Existing This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 128.00 OSF505-139B |
Patch: Fix for threads created by taso programs State: New This patch ensures that threads created by programs linked -taso run on stacks with addresses that fit in the 31-bit taso range. Prior to this patch threads created by taso programs were run on stacks with non-taso addresses, which could result in truncated address values, and segmentation faults or data corruption depending on whether the truncated address is valid. |
Patch 130.00 OSF505-096 |
Patch: Incorrect warning messages about mounted filesystems State: New This patch prevents "not currently mounted" warning messages from being displayed for filesystems you did not request to umount. |
Patch 132.00 OSF505X11-012 |
Patch: Fix for tclhelp failure State: New This patch fixes a problem in which tclhelp and any other tool using #!/usr/bin/wishx as the interpreter fail when additional versions of tcl are installed in /usr/local. |
Patch 134.00 OSF505-130 |
Patch: Fixes problems with vdf State: New This patch fixes two separate problems with vdf:
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Patch 141.00 OSF505-112 |
Patch: System hangs when running granularity hints State: Supersedes patches OSF505-019 (28.00), OSF505-020 (29.00), OSF505-034 (43.00), OSF505-041 (49.00), OSF505-047 (55.00), OSF505-048 (56.00), OSF505-050 (58.00), OSF505-007 (16.00), OSF505-008 (17.00), OSF505-009 (18.00), OSF505-065 (93.00), OSF505-079 (88.00), OSF505-083 (94.00), OSF505-084 (96.00), OSF505-114 (135.00), OSF505-126 (136.00), OSF505-138 (137.00), OSF505-094 (138.00), OSF505-103 (139.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 141.00 continued |
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Patch 148.00 OSF505-123 |
Patch: Performance problem in Cluster File System State: Supersedes patches OSF505-040 (91.00), OSF505-102 (142.00), OSF505-091 (143.00), OSF505-088 (144.00), OSF505-093 (145.00), OSF505-134 (146.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 150.00 OSF505X11-010A |
Patch: Fixes a memory leak in Xt State: New This patch fixes a memory leak in the X Window System's X Toolkit library (Xt) that could occur when creating and destroying Motif List, Text, and TextField widgets. |
Patch 152.00 OSF505X11-010B |
Patch: Memory leak when creating and destroying widgets State: New This patch fixes a memory leak in the X Window System's X Toolkit library (Xt) that could occur when creating and destroying Motif List, Text, and TextField widgets. |
Patch 154.00 OSF505-095 |
Patch: Improper handling of PCI options cards State: Supersedes patch OSF505-046 (54.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 157.00 OSF505-144 |
Patch: Unnecessary error messages written to lpr log file State: Supersedes patches OSF505-017 (26.00), OSF505-092 (101.00), OSF505-104 (155.00) This patch fixes the following printing problems:
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Patch 159.00 OSF505-133 |
Patch: Fixes AdvFS domain panic State: Supersedes patches OSF505-036 (45.00), OSF505-037 (46.00), OSF505-035 (44.00), OSF505-073 (82.00), OSF505-101 (102.00) This patch corrects the following problems:
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Patch 163.00 OSF505-087 |
Patch: Fixes conflicting cuserid declarations State: New This patch fixes conflicting cuserid() declarations. It also fixes existing prototype/definition conflicts that cause C++ compiler errors when using this function. |
Patch 165.00 OSF505CDE-003 |
Patch: dtlogin core dumps from XDMCP clients State: New This patch fixes a problem where the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) login daemon, dtlogin, core dumps occasionally when servicing requests from XDMCP clients such as X terminals or PCs running X servers. |
Patch 167.00 OSF505DX-009 |
Patch: Fixes incorrect date and time stamp on new directory State: Supersedes patches OSF505DX-004 (4.00), OSF505DX-005 (5.00), OSF505DX-006 (6.00), OSF505DX-007 (7.00) This patch corrects the following problems:
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Patch 170.00 OSF505-117 |
Patch: ATM LAN emulation fails with ATM Meteor 351 board State: New. Supersedes patch OSF505-097 (168.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 172.00 OSF505-136 |
Patch: Fixes problems with the collect command State: New This patch fixes several problems with the collect command and it adds sysloging when collect suspends, resumes, or receives a signal. |
Patch 174.00 OSF505X11-009A |
Patch: Fix for memory leaks in Xlib State: New. Supersedes patch OSF505X11-002 (9.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 176.00 OSF505X11-009B |
Patch: Memory leaks occur when creating widgets State: New This patch fixes two memory leaks in the X Window System's X library (Xlib) that can occur when creating and destroying Motif List, Text, and TextField widgets. |
Patch 178.00 OSF505-110 |
Patch: Incorrect bcache size returned to kernel from HWRPB State: New This patch corrects the following.
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Patch 180.00 OSF505X11-011A |
Patch: Fixes memory leak in libXm State: New This patch fixes various memory leaks in the Motif library (libXm) that could occur when creating and destroying Motif List, Text, and TextField widgets. |
Patch 182.00 OSF505X11-011B |
Patch: libXm memory leak when creating widgets State: New This patch fixes various memory leaks in the Motif library (libXm) that could occur when creating and destroying Motif List, Text, and TextField widgets. |
Patch 184.00 OSF505-127 |
Patch: Bootlink can fail on AlphaStations 600, 600A, 500/400 State: New This patch fixes a problem in which the bootlink can fail on Alphastations 600, 600A, 500/400. |
Patch 186.00 OSF505-145 |
Patch: Disks can become inaccessible on a cluster node State: Supersedes patches OSF505-075 (85.00), OSF505-098 (103.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 188.00 OSF505-090 |
Patch: advscan does not display bootable partitions properly State: Existing When a disk partition exactly overlaps an AdvFS partition, the advscan utility would erroneously think both partitions belong in the domain. This patch fixes a problem where advscan -a -g does not display bootable partitions properly. |
Patch 190.00 OSF505-111 |
Patch: -tree index for directory could become corrupted State: Supersedes patches OSF505-039 (48.00), OSF505-067 (77.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 192.00 OSF505-121 |
Patch: Fix for what command State: New This patch fixes a problem in the what command. This command was unable to process more than one input file at once. |
Patch 194.00 OSF505-146 |
Patch: Fixes potential source code computability problem State: New This patch fixes a potential source code computability problem with certain third party (non-Compaq) device drivers. |
Patch 196.00 OSF505-107 |
Patch: Security (SSRT0683U) State: New A potential security vulnerability has been discovered where, under certain circumstances, system integrity may be compromised. This may be in the form of improper file or privilege management. Compaq has corrected this potential vulnerability. |
Patch 198.00 OSF505-129 |
Patch: Fixes problems in the Compaq C compiler State: Supersedes patch OSF505-021 (30.00) This patch fixes the following problems:
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Patch 200.00 OSF505CDE-002 |
Patch: Fix for dtmail problem State: New This patch fixes a dtmail problem in which a "From" line with quotes in it incorrectly finds the date of the mail message. This error is displayed on the main screen under the header "Date and Time" and shows up as Dec. 31 or as a blank field. |
Patch 202.00 OSF505-131 |
Patch: Upgrades sys_check utility to version 119 State: New This patch upgrades sys_check utility to version 119 and provides the following changes:
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Patch 205.00 OSF505-125 |
Patch: Corrects problem with mv command deleting files State: Supersedes patch OSF505-115 (203.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 207.00 OSF505-124 |
Patch: Potential hang on booting a cluster State: New This patch is to prevent a potential hang on booting a Cluster when more than one node is being booted simultaneously. |
Patch 209.00 OSF505CDE-004 |
Patch: dtwm hangs on system using multiple displays State: New This patch fixes a problem in which the Window Manager (dtwm) intermittently hangs on a system which uses multiple displays. |
Patch 211.00 OSF505-108 |
Patch: Fixes cron problems State: Supersedes patch OSF505-042 (50.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 213.00 OSF505DX-010 |
Patch: Fixes problem causing diskconfig to issue error msg State: New This fixes a problem that was causing diskconfig to issue the following error message upon startup: can't read "tminor": no such variable
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Patch 215.00 OSF505-140 |
Patch: Updates emx Fiber Channel driver to revision 1.22 State: Supersedes patch OSF505-053 (59.00), OSF505-141 (161.00) This patch corrects the following:
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Patch 217.00 OSF505-166 |
Patch: Corrects a hardware probe time hang State: Supersedes patch 84.00 This patch corrects the following problems:
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