Software Distributor Requirements, Issues Fixed, and Workarounds HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3 (5900-2562, March 2013)

2007
December 2007
December 2007 Web Release
SW-DIST fileset revision B.11.23.0712.069
whatstring SD-UX/B.11.31.00.166, UDL_11.23_Dec07OEUR_IC069
This release, B.11.23.0712.069, can be downloaded from the web. For more information, see
http://www.hp.com/go/SD/
Table 12 Defects fixed in December 2007
DescriptionDefect ID
The swremove error message for software not found is too similar to an error
message that swinstall generates for the same condition. SD has been
changed to issue an error message that distingushes swremove from swinstall.
JAGaf38837
The description for the patch_filter and patch_match_target options in the
swinstall.1m manpage have been changed to clarify that when multiple
JAGaf44838
targets are specified, the first target in the list is used as the basis for patch
selections.
The swlist man page does not show an example of how to list all patches on
a system, and their current state. That example has now been added to the
swlist man page.
JAGaf88718
The swpackage command issues an unexpected warning when files packaged
into different filesets are hard linked in the packager source area. The warning
JAGag20903
says hard links across filesets are not supported, and each file will be
recorded as a regular file. The swpackage command has been fixed to not
issue that warning, but otherwise to not change behavior.
The swinstall command issues a confusing message when the
patch_match_target feature selects nothing and fails. The message is improved
to list the potential reasons why nothing is selected.
JAGag29971
Corruption has been found occasionally in the global INDEX file in the IPD
(Installed Product Database). SD has been changed to provide more
JAGag33541
information about file I/O failures that can potentially corrupt files in the IPD.
Also, corruption avoidance techniques for INDEX files are now also applied
to INFO files in the IPD.
Option description improvements were made in the sys.defaults file and some
Software Distributor man pages.
JAGag34817
When the local hostname is included in the "-d" or "@" parameters for
swpackage, the hostname is not discarded and is instead included as part
JAGag38047
of the path. The swpackage(1m) manpage has been changed to clarify that
swpackage treats everything entered after "-d" or "@" as part of the path.
The swpackage command has been changed to log the absolute path name
in the swreg message when a relative path is entered.
Symlinks are always packaged with mode 0755, and are packaged with
uid and gid taking priority over owner name and group name. The
JAGag42980
swpackage command is fixed to package symlinks to have mode, owner,
and group set correctly.
When a patch fileset is reselected because the dependencies for the patch
fileset that supersedes it cannot be resolved, swagent generates an ERROR
JAGag43059
for the reselection. SD has been changed to only log the condition as a NOTE
since the reselection is handled correctly by swagent.
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