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HP-UX 11i September 2001 Release Notes

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Compatibility
Known Compatibility Exceptions from HP-UX 11.0 to 11i
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automatically. Any scripts or processes that rely 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.
Software Distributor Reduces Amount of Information from
Program swlist
This change improves the performance of some “swlist” options. Extraneous data is
no longer displayed and listing of bundles in a depot shows only bundles. Applications
that depend on the old format and behavior will have to be modified.
Software Distributor Changes Behavior with Unknown
Attributes
This change allows packagers to use new attributes in their software packages without
requiring SD to know the attribute. The”swpackage” program will no longer print error
messages when an unrecognized attribute is encountered. You must be careful when
naming attributes because typographical errors will no longer be reported.
libc qsort() Algorithm Change
This change improves performance. This enhancement of qsort() sorts "tied" elements
differently than the previous implementation. Well-behaved applications are not
affected, since the manpage warns that the order in the output of two items that
compare as equal is unpredictable.
libc SYSTEM_ID callbraph Change
Applications that have been linked to the archival version of libc and also have any
shared libraries linked to the application may fail because the callbraph of libc has
changed.
NOTE Linking an application with a shared library that depends on an archive library is NOT
a supported configuration. Applications linked in this way do not qualify as well behaved
because this configuration is NOT supported.