HP-UX 11i Release Notes (December 2000)

Compatibility

Known Compatibility Exceptions from HP-UX 11.0 to 11i

Chapter 12230

Fortran 90 GETARG Intrinsic Function

This change causes the semantics of the "index" argument to the HP

supplied F90 intrinsic routine GETARG to be compatible with older HP

F77 and other vendor implementations of this routine. Those affected

will have to change and recompile their source code to use the industry

standard indexing scheme.

Software Distributor Bundle Algorithm Change

This change allows you to maintain a depot with multiple versions of a

Software Distributor bundle and automatically get the latest version of

the bundle without specifying a version qualiﬁer. The install process no

longer prints an error message when you do not qualify which version of

the bundle is intended to be installed.

Software Distributor Automatic Generation of Depot

or root Layout Version

This change allows you to maintain 10.20 and 11.x depots on an 11.x

system. It modiﬁes the SD commands so they do NOT change the layout

version of a depot or root automatically. Any scripts or processes thatrely

on the automatic conversion to layout_version=1.0 will be broken.

Software Distributor Log Message Simpliﬁcation

This makes it easier for an administrator to identify real problems when

scanning the log ﬁles. The SD log ﬁles contain less 'noise' (error, warning

or note messages that contain no useful information).

Software Distributor System Update Process

This change gives you a more robust and easier to use HP-UX 11i update

process. You will have to learn this new process.