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

• Causes the tar utility to correctly restores directory permissions when extracted
using -p option.
• Fixes the vi command with respect to the handling of locales and the
+[subcommand].
• Corrects the behavior of the find command with respect to -size option.
• Corrects the behavior of the ltf command for UIDs and GIDs greater than four
digits.
• Eliminates several compiler warnings.
• Expands libpset APIs to enable the caller to get processor set information.
• Modifies the rewind() function to always reposition to the beginning of a file.
• Modifies the tar and pax utilities to correctly restore the file mode when extracted
using appropriate options.
• Eliminates inefficiencies and apparent login hangs in a TruCluster environment
running Enhanced Security.
• Corrects the handling of shared library version mismatches for the loader's
-ignore_version and -ignore_all_versions switches.
• This modification adds an additional helpful instruction to the instructions given
to users after an SIA initialization failure.
• Corrects a fixso failure that occurs when reporting a new conflict for __istart.
• Corrects the behavior of the w command, when it is redirected or piped.
• Corrects a failure in the safe_open() routine that causes symbolic links given by a
relative path from the current working directory to incorrectly give ENOENT
errors.
• Installs DECthreads V3.20-029, which fixes problems that may affect threaded
programs.
• Fixes a problem where a file name is assigned incorrectly in a CDSL case.
• Installs DECthreads V3.20-049.
• Corrects a problem in which the evmshow command occasionally encounters print
formatting problems when displaying a detailed output of binlog channel events.
• Corrects an odd, unexpected error message that may be printed by rsh or rlogin
commands.
• Corrects a problem where the telnet command causes unnecessary delays when
an IP address is supplied as a command-line argument.
• Fixes a problem in which the mount command dumps core or gives inappropriate
warning messages if a malformed option was given.
• Corrects a problem in which the mailsetup command does not allow changes to
the local user list in a noncluster environment.
• Corrects a potential security vulnerability that may result in unauthorized
Privileged Access or a Denial of Service (DoS). This may be in the form of local
and remote security domain risks.
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