HP Tru64 UNIX Technical Updates for the Version 5.1B and Higher Operating System and Patches (February 2010)

Technical Updates for the Version 5.1B and Higher
Operating System and Patches
List of Most Recently Added Notes
The following notes are the most recent entries to this document:
• “Manually Cloning a Cluster Using dupclone (May 2007)” (page 8)
• “Netscape Browser No Longer Supported (May 2007)” (page 24)
• “dsfmgr(8) Reference Page Contains Syntax Error (May 2007)” (page 38)
• “RLIMIT_DATA Description in getrlimit(2) Reference Page Inaccurate (May 2007)” (page 39)
• “gethostbyaddr(3) and gethostbyname(3) Reference Pages Outdated (May 2007)” (page 39)
• “fread(3) Reference Page Indicates Incorrect Type Pointers (May 2007)” (page 39)
• “live_dump() Function May Not Collect All Dumps (May 2007)” (page 24)
• “Maximum Block Size in vdump Is 64 KB (Jan. 2007)” (page 40)
Overview
This online supplement provides information about issues and problems that have been discovered
since the release of the HP Tru64 UNIX® Version 5.1B operating system.
In general, the information included in the patch kit sections pertains to issues that were observed
as a result of installing the specified kits. The other sections provide information about the original
release of the Version 5.1B operating system, the Associated Products CDs, processor issues,
documentation issues, and other issues related to Version 5.1B
Because the installation of patches affects many of the components of the Tru64 UNIX
environment, HP recommends that you look first in the section that deals with the most recent
patch kit installed on your system. The dates provided in each section represent the month the
item was included in this supplement and are listed from the most current to the oldest.
To see the release notes for the Version 5.1B and higher releases, go to the following Web site:
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/patch/
This site also contains patch kit installation instructions and other information related to current
and earlier Tru64 UNIX patch kits.
To see Technical Updates for TruCluster Software Products, go to the following Web site:
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/pub_page/tcr_update.html
Patch Kit Updates
The information in this section pertains to the patch kits available for Version 5.1B.
All V5.1B Patch Kits
The following notes pertain to all patch kits.
Some Patch Kits Cannot Be Removed (Feb. 2006)
You cannot remove a patch kit on systems that have New Hardware Delivery 7 (NHD-7) kit
installed when either of the following conditions exist:
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