Patch Name:  PHCO_1790

Patch Description: tar fixes for symbolic link, blocksize(S300), 'u'option,
                   special files, and getpwnam problems.
                   (No man page changes) 'r' option for non Mag tape devices.

tar patch for:
1) Handle symblinked directories with -h option.
2) Set maximum blocksize for S300 = 32k - making them same as S800s.
3) Handling of special files for making the archive and retrieving them.
4) Link with the patched libc to fix the getpwnam() problem.
5) tar does not overwrite a soft link when extracting a file with the
   same name from the archive.
6) tar forces blocking factor to 1 for stdout.
7) tar does not determine blocking factor of 9-track tape automatically.
8) tar cvf /dev/null / puts extra '/' prefix to file name.
9) 'r' option on non Mag tape devices makes tar exit.
10) 'r' option over multi volume backup fails.

Path Name:  /hp-ux_patches/s700/8.X/PHCO_1790

Effective Date:  921216

Patch Files:  
/bin/tar
/usr/lib/nls/C/tar.cat

SR#:
5003015347 5000682690

"what" string/timestamp:  
./bin/tar:       $Revision: 72.5 $       PATCH_8_05: tar.o 92/12/16
./usr/lib/nls/C/tar.cat:

"sum" output:  
42718 368 ./bin/tar
62740 8 ./usr/lib/nls/C/tar.cat

Dependencies:  None.

Supersedes: PHCO_1581

Patch Package Size:  226 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_1790).

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_1790.updt"
   (this assumes that you are in the /tmp directory where PHCO_1790.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.

The customized script that update runs will move the original software
to /system/PHCO_1790/orig.  HP recommends keeping this software there in
order to recover from any potential problems.  It is also recommended that
you move the PHCO_1790.text file to /system/PHCO_1790 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_1790.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048