Patch Name:  PHCO_0505

Patch Description: improper handling of queues & incorrect scheduling jobs

  Cron fails to initiate scheduled jobs.

  When jobs are submitted to multiple queues when the limit is encountered for
  one queue cron may reschedule the "extra" jobs for that queue into another
  queue.

Path Name:  /hp-ux_patches/s700/8.X/PHCO_0505

Effective Date:  911001

Patch Files:  
   /etc/cron
   /usr/lib/nls/C/cron.cat

SR/APR#:  
  5003010652
  5000657585

"what" string/timestamp:  
    PATCH_8.05 cron.o $Revision: 70.3.1.1 $ $Date: 91/10/01 09:56:32 $*/

"sum" output:  
   14864 72 /etc/cron
   47370 5 /usr/lib/nls/C/cron.cat

Dependencies:  None

Supersedes: None

Patch Package Size:  72 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.

Note: Please back up your system before you patch.

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After getting the patch onto your machine, unshar the patch (sh PHCO_0505).

To install this patch do the following:
1) Run /etc/update (Note: you must be logged in as root to update a
   system).
2) Once in the update "Main Menu" move the highlighted line to "Change
   Source or Destination ->" and press "Return" or "Select Item".
3) Make sure the highlighted item in the "Change Source or Destination"
   window is "From Tape Device to Local System ...", then press "Return" or
   "Select Item".
4) You should now be in the "From Tape Device to Local System" window.
   Change the "Source: /dev/rmt/0m" to "source: /tmp/PHCO_0505.updt"
   (this assume you are in the /tmp directory where PHCO_0505.updt has been
   placed).  Note: you must enter the complete path name.
5) Press "Done"
6) From here on follow the standard directions for update.

This patch installation will NOT terminate a currently executing /etc/cron.
You will need to determine what "cron" and "at" jobs may be queued and
restart them with using the new "cron".

The customize script that update runs will move the original software to
/system/PHCO_0505/orig.  Hewlett-Packard recommends keeping this software
in order to recover from any potential problems.  It is also recommended
that you move the PHCO_0505.text file to /system/PHCO_0505 to be retained
for future reference.

If you wish to put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the tape
drive, dd a copy of the patch to the tape drive.  As an example the
following will create a copy of the patch that update can read:
dd if=PHCO_0505.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048