Patch-ID# 100901-03
Keywords: link symbolic pkgmap reinstall pkgmk loop large file pkginstall core dump pkgtrans
Synopsis: SunOS 5.1: package utility fixes
Date: Oct/15/93

Solaris Release: 2.1

SunOS release: 5.1

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Topic: Solaris 2.1: package utility fixes

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1110698 1115777 1115282 1138068 1129208 1145943

Changes incorporated in this version: 1145943

Relevant Architectures: sparc

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 100871-01

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch:

Obsoleted by:

Files included with this patch:

/usr/sadm/install/bin/pkginstall
/usr/sbin/pkgadd
/usr/sbin/pkgchk
/usr/bin/pkgtrans
/usr/sadm/install/bin/pkgremove
/usr/sbin/installf
/usr/sbin/removef
/usr/bin/pkgmk


Problem Description:

1145943 pkgtrans of more than 14 packages sometimes causes a core dump


A mathematical error in the pkgtrans code causes a core dump
if system memory is fragmented enough and there are more
than 14 or so packages to be transfered.


(from 100901-02)


The packaging utility 'pkgtrans' limited command lines as well as numerous internal buffers for command construction to 512 bytes. If pkgtrans was called upon to transfer a large number of packages by providing a list of packages on the command line or by use of the keyword 'all', these buffers would overflow leading to failure of the transfer.

If the utility were used with an Exabyte tape drive and the list of packages was longer than about 14, the data written to the tape would have a blocking factor incompatible with the facility used to read the tape.


(from 100901-01)

Package utility fixes, such as:

1115282: On reinstallation of a package, symbolic links do not link 
as per pkgmap, they all end up pointing at the location refered to 
in the last symlink entry in the pkgmap file.

1115777: pkgmk enters endless loop when processing large files.

(from 100871-01) 
1110698: Systems on which more than 100 filesystems are mounted 
cause pkgadd to fail.





Patch Installation Instructions:
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Generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts are provided
within each patch package with instructions appended to this section.
Other specific or unique installation instructions may also be
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Special Install Instructions:
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None.

Note that a customer may also be interested in a related patch
to SunOS 5.1 with patchid 100900-01.  Patch 100900-01 fixes the
following problem:

	The pkgrtans utility fails if the package(s) are larger 
	than the medium (a floppy in the test case).