Patch Name: PHCO_14827

Patch Description: s300_400 9.10 touch (1) fixes for year 2000

Creation Date: 98/04/15

Post Date:  98/04/17

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
	s300_400: 9.10

Products: N/A

Filesets:
	UX-CORE

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Release

Critical: No

Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s300_400/9.X/PHCO_14827

Symptoms:
	PHCO_14827:
	touch(1)
	Bad dates handled inconsistently.
	The command:

	touch 0120172243 file.out

	creates a file that ll shows as:
	-rw-rw-r--   1 owner     users    0 Dec 15  1906 file.out

	PHCO_14201:
	touch(1)
	The touch compatibility mode incorrectly handles years 2000
	and beyond.

	The command:

	  touch 0120172203 file.out

	generated a file with the date Jan. 20, 1970

Defect Description:
	PHCO_14827:
	Dates that overflowed a time buffer were not
	handled correctly.

	PHCO_14201:
	For the touch compatibility mode all years were hardcoded
	with the century equal to 19.

SR:
	4701382978

Patch Files:
	/bin/touch

what(1) Output:
	/bin/touch:
		PATCH/9_1 PHCO_14827 $Revision: 70.8 $

sum(1) Output:
	28293 13 /bin/touch

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies: None

Hardware Dependencies: None

Other Dependencies: None

Supersedes:
	PHCO_14201

Equivalent Patches: None

Patch Package Size: 60 KBytes

Installation Instructions:
	Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard 
	SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms
	and conditions for precautions, scope of license, 
	restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties,
	before installing this patch.
	------------------------------------------------------------
	1. Back up your system before installing a patch.

	2. Copy the patch to your /tmp directory and unshar it:

		cd /tmp
		cp patch_source/PHCO_14827 .
		sh PHCO_14827

	3. Become root and run update:

		/etc/update [-r [kernel_gen_file]] -s \
			/tmp/PHCO_14827.updt PHCO_14827

	Update moves the original software to 
	/system/PHCO_14827/orig.  Keep this file to recover from any
	potential problems.  You should move the .text file to 
	/system/PHCO_14827 for future reference.

	To put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the
	tape drive, use dd:

		dd if=PHCO_14827.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048

Special Installation Instructions: None