HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 Release Notes

March 2013 Release Notes, Commands and system calls
• PAX-Enh: Version 11.31.14 delivers defect fixes and features originally documented for
11.31.13. See the product website at https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/
displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=PAX-Enh.
March 2013 Release Notes, Libraries and programming
• Java products
Documents for the following Java products are located at http://www.hp.com/go/
hpux-java-docs.
◦ JDK/JRE version 7.0.x: Version 7.0.03 of the HP-UX 11i Java™ Development Kit (JDK)
and Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) has been updated to include Oracle 7u6 and 7u7
functionality and to incorporate defect and security fixes. See JDK/JRE 7.0.03 Release
Notes.
◦ JDK/JRE version 6.0.x: Version 6.0.16 of the HP-UX 11i Java Development Kit (JDK) and
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) has been updated to include Oracle 6u34 and 6u35
functionality and to incorporate defect and security fixes. See JDK/JRE 6.0.16 Release
Notes.
◦ JDK/JRE version 5.0.x: Version 5.0.26 the HP-UX 11i Java Development Kit (JDK) and
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) has been updated to include Oracle 5u35 and 5u36
functionality and to incorporate defect and security fixes. See JDK/JRE 5.0.26 Release
Notes.
◦ SDK/RTE version 1.4.x: Version 1.4.2 reached End of Life (EOL) on May 1, 2012. Version
1.4.2.28 of the HP-UX 11i Java Software Development Kit (SDK) and Java Runtime
Environment (RTE) was the last update for SDK/RTE version 1.4.2. In September 2012,
version 1.4.2.28 was included on the AR only. Starting in March 2013, version 1.4.2
is no longer included on the AR.
• libIO (3X) library: Provides a new API for converting a persistent dev_t to a corresponding
cluster-wide device special file. See “libIO(3X) library” (page 126).
March 2013 Release Notes, Internationalization
• Unicode 6.1 support by locale: Provides a fundamental level of support for Unicode 6.1 by
the locale(1) interface. See “Unicode 6.1 support by locale” (page 127).
March 2013 Release Notes, Other functionality
• New: VFS-SHWRSPL-ENH: Delivers the product VfsShwrsplEnh, which uses new lock interfaces
from the SyncShwrspl product to enhance the pathname traversal component of the HP-UX
kernel to reduce vnode spinlock contention on Superdome servers. See “VFS-SHWRSPL-ENH”
(page 130).
What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 release
The following summaries provide a general picture of how the September 2012 release of HP-UX
11i v3 differs from the March 2012 release of HP-UX 11i v3. For further information, see the
indicated documents or the chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2012 Release Notes,
available in its most current version at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
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