HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1B-5 Patch Summary and Release Notes (March 2009)

• Corrects the behavior of the more command when nonexisting file and a nonempty
file with a long file name are both specified.
• Causes /usr/opt/ultrix/usr/bin/make to properly check dependencies on archive
libraries.
• Fixes various problems in the dbx and object file tools: dbx, ostrip, strip, mcs, dis,
cord, file, and stdump.
• Causes the grep command allow blank lines in the pattern file and to not hang
when executed with the -w and -f options.
• Removes compiler warnings addressing outside of array bounds.
• Addresses compiler warnings caused by calling a function with too few arguments.
• Adds informative messages during a rolling upgrade when a problem is
encountered with the merging of the .login file.
• Corrects vmstat to display correct free page counts a on NUMA systems.
• Adds a -M command option to newfs to allow permissions of an MFS root directory
to be specified when it is first created.
• Adds EVM notification support for UFS file systems.
• Corrects the find -links, -size, -i, -inum behavior with respect to the + operations.
Find + operations will match greater than, rather than greater than or equal to.
• Addresses a performance issue of rm -r with large directories.
• Eliminates compiler warnings in ksh.
• Corrects the improper scheduling of cron jobs related to months not having 31
days.
• Makes start up scripts in /sbin/init.d world readable.
• Fixes client login, su, rshd, edauth, and sshd2 hangs and long delays under
Enhanced Security, as well as some intermittent errors or failures seen with
prpasswdd or rpc.yppasswdd.
• Installs version V2.1-120 of /usr/lib/libots3.a and /usr/shlib/libots3.so, which fixes
a problem where long-running OpenMP applications might overflow an internal
libots3 counter, resulting in a breakdown of thread synchronization.
• Corrects a problem with the merging of the termcap file during a rolling upgrade.
• Allows white space in header field and in multiple headers with the ps option -o.
• Makes the following changes to the tar, pax, and cpio commands:
— The tar command now checks and reports any write errors.
— The tar, pax, and cpio commands can unalter the ctime of input files upon
creation of an archive and display a warning message if unable to preserve the
time of input files.
— Corrects the tar o option behavior.
— Corrects the pax -l option to create hard links properly.
— Corrects the cpio -o option to not ruin extended UID file ownership.
— Fixes how long file names are handled in tar.
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