HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes

Installation
Software Distributor
Chapter 8
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POSIX Enhancements and Exceptions
Software Distributor has been enhanced to meet the IEEE Std 1387.2-1995 standard
(also referred to as POSIX 7.2) This affects the behavior of the command line interface
and the number of options. (See /usr/lib/sw/sys.defaults for a complete list of
supported options, their descriptions, and default values.)
Exceptions to the POSIX 7.2 standard are as follows:
• Filesets are not allowed to span media.
• The command swcopy has not been modified to copy to tape (swpackage can be used
for this instead).
• User interaction for tape changes is not handled in the command line of SD-UX.
• The only known exception to the distributed option of the POSIX 7.2 standard is that
swmodify cannot be run against distributed systems.
Change in swlist Hides Superseded Patches by Default
In 11.0, swlist shows all installed patches including superseded ones. However, the 11i
default behavior is not to show superseded patches. This can be overcome, returning to
11.0 standard behavior, by setting -x show_superseded_patches=true on the swlist
command line or in the defaults files.
64-bit Capability Determined from System, Not
/etc/.supported_bits
In 11.0, SD-UX reads the /etc/.supported_bits file to map model strings to either
32-, 32/64-, or 64-bit capability. From time to time, synchronization breakdowns between
the model command and the contents of /etc/.supported_bits have created trouble on
64-bit systems.
To prevent synchronization breakdowns, SD-UX in 11i has changed to get the necessary
information directly from the system, rather than using a look-up table.
CD Searched For Only When Requested
With the release of 11.0, SD-UX introduced the automatic discovery and mounting of a
CD However, SD-UX always looked for the CD even if that was not what was wanted.
This made the start-up of the GUI slower than necessary.
While the functionality is still available in the GUI, SD-UX now only performs this
action when you push a new button in the Source Dialog called “Find Local CD.”
GUI Streamlined
For 11i, the SD-UX GUI requires fewer confirmations. It has been streamlined to reduce
the number of verification and informational popups.