Patch Name: PHNE_4009 Patch Description: s700 8.X SNAplus R1 invokable TP hangs receive_allocate This patch fixes a problem in the APPC library. The symptom is the invokable TP hangs at the receive_allocate call intermittently. Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700/8.X/PHNE_4009 Effective Date: 940329 OS Release: 8.05 8.07 Reboot Required: No Patch Files: libappc.o SR#: None "what" string/timestamp: libappc.o: A.B8.02.013 SNAplus APPC Library ============================================================================== When you update your system with this patch, the update program will insert and replace the libxxxxx.o file in your /usr/lib/libsna.a with a new libxxxxx.o. To see if the update program correctly install the new libxxxx.o, do : %what /usr/lib/libsna.a You should expect to see a version stamp that matched the version stamp shown this file. If the patch is installed correctly, you then need to recompile/link your application program. ============================================================================== "sum" output: 39581 216 libappc.o Dependencies: None Supersedes: None Patch Package Size: 164 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- After getting the patch onto your machine, unshar the patch (sh PHNE_4009). 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/PHNE_4009.updt" (this assumes that you are in the /tmp directory where PHNE_4009.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/PHNE_4009/orig. HP recommends keeping this software there in order to recover from any potential problems. It is also recommended that you move the PHNE_4009.text file to /system/PHNE_4009 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=PHNE_4009.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048