Patch Name: PHCO_29699

Patch Description: s700_800 11.04 (VVOS) rc scripts patch

Creation Date: 03/09/09

Post Date: 03/09/11

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
	s700: 11.04
	s800: 11.04

Products: N/A

Filesets:
	OS-Core.UX-CORE,fr=B.11.04,fa=HP-UX_B.11.04_32/64,v=HP

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Release

Critical: No

Category Tags:
	defect_repair general_release

Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/11.X/PHCO_29699

Symptoms:
	PHCO_29699:
	Repackaged HP-UX patch PHCO_28316 for VVOS

	Based on HP-UX patch PHCO_28316:
	1. After the installation of the latest sh-posix
	 patch (PHCO_26789 or newer patch), rc scripts
	 on some systems show the following error message
	 during bootup:
	 "/sbin/rc[41]: 079: The specified number is not
	 valid for this command."

Defect Description:
	PHCO_29699:
	Repackaged HP-UX patch PHCO_28316 for VVOS

	Based on HP-UX patch PHCO_28316:
	1. sh-posix now (PHCO_26789 or newer patch) adheres
	 to ISOC standards by recognizing the octal and
	 hexadecimal numbers (i.e., numbers starting with
	 0 should be recognized as octal and starting with
	 0x or 0X should be recognized as hexadecimal) in
	 arithmetic expressions involving let, $((..))
	 or ((..)).
	 This exposed a problem in rc.utils script containing
	 the following lines:
	   let ROWS="$rows"
	   let COLS="$cols"
	 where "rows" and "cols" contain 3 digit decimal values
	 of number of rows and columns of the HP terminal device.
	 If the $rows or $cols starts with a leading zero,
	 sh-posix(1) recognizes these numbers as octal numbers
	 instead of recognizing them as decimal numbers.

	 For example, if the value of "rows" is set to "079",
	 then sh-posix(1) will recognize the value of "rows"
	 as octal number while processing the let statement
	 "let ROWS="$rows"".Since "079" isn't a valid octal
	 number,the following error message is displayed during
	 bootup:
	 "/sbin/rc[41]: 079: The specified number is not
	 valid for this command."
	Resolution:
	 The fix is to change the lines:
	   let ROWS="$rows"
	   let COLS="$cols"
	 to
	   let ROWS="${rows##*(0)}"
	   let COLS="${cols##*(0)}"
	 which removes the leading zeroes.

Enhancement:
	No

SR:
	8606249302

Patch Files:
	
	OS-Core.UX-CORE,fr=B.11.04,fa=HP-UX_B.11.04_32/64,v=HP:
	/sbin/rc.utils

what(1) Output:
	
	OS-Core.UX-CORE,fr=B.11.04,fa=HP-UX_B.11.04_32/64,v=HP:
	/sbin/rc.utils:
		$Revision: 82.1.1.1 $

cksum(1) Output:
	
	OS-Core.UX-CORE,fr=B.11.04,fa=HP-UX_B.11.04_32/64,v=HP:
	1093630622 21781 /sbin/rc.utils

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies: None

Hardware Dependencies: None

Other Dependencies: None

Supersedes: None

Equivalent Patches:
	PHCO_28316:
	s700: 11.00
	s800: 11.00

Patch Package Size: 30 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. Login as root.

	3. Copy the patch to the /tmp directory.

	4. Move to the /tmp directory and unshar the patch:

		cd /tmp
		sh PHCO_29699

	5. Run swinstall to install the patch:

		swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true \
			  -s /tmp/PHCO_29699.depot

	By default swinstall will archive the original software in 
	/var/adm/sw/save/PHCO_29699.  If you do not wish to retain a
	copy of the original software, include the patch_save_files
	option in the swinstall command above:

		-x patch_save_files=false

	WARNING: If patch_save_files is false when a patch is installed,
		 the patch cannot be deinstalled.  Please be careful
		 when using this feature.

	For future reference, the contents of the PHCO_29699.text file is 
	available in the product readme:

		swlist -l product -a readme -d @ /tmp/PHCO_29699.depot

	To put this patch on a magnetic tape and install from the
	tape drive, use the command:

		dd if=/tmp/PHCO_29699.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k

Special Installation Instructions:
	Installation of this patch removes any
	customization done by the user to "/sbin/rc.utils"
	script. On such cases the user has to restore the
	customization if required.