TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              PTF2019 - pkgproto fix for soft links
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300207
DOCUMENT REVISION:  B
DATE:               11MAY95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         tf2019

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 2.0

ABSTRACT:

The function averify was using lstat for symbolic liks and stat 
for other files to get the status. While porting to 2.0, code was 
changed to use stat alone for all thfiles including symbolic link 
files. This causes the problem for symbolic links.


SYMPTOM

pkgproto on 2.0 systems produces the following error where x is a 
symbolic link to y: UX:pkgproto: WARNING: x pathname not symbolically 
linked to <>

SOLUTION

Apply the tf2019 file.


Installation Instructions:  

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the tf2019.Z and tf2019.txt files to the /tmp directory
    on your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file and follow the
    instuctions to add the packages to your system.

3.  Now become root, uncompress the file and add the package to your 
    system using the following commands:

        $ su
        # uncompress /tmp/tf2019.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/tf2019

Solution Specifics

Title
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PTF2019 - Fix to pkgproto utility to work properly with symbolic links

Product And Version
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UnixWare 2.01

Symptom
--------

pkgproto on 2.0 systems produces the following error where x is a 
symbolic link to y:

UX:pkgproto: WARNING: x pathname not symbolically linked to <>

General Description.
-------------------

The function averify was using lstat for symbolic liks and stat for 
other files to get the status. While porting to 2.0, code was changed 
to use stat alone for all the files including symbolic link files. This 
causes the problem for symbolic links.

Now the code is changed so that it uses lstat for symbolic link files.

Software Notes and Recommendations.
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This ptf is meant for UnixWare2.01.

Testing of the modified software contained in this package has been
conducted only to the extent necessary to confirm that it resolves the
problem(s) stated above ("Symptom").  Such testing consists of
recreating the problem conditions and verifying that the problem 
no longer occurs.  No other testing of this software has been done.

Hardware Notes and Recommendations.
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This PTF is targeted for the i386, i486 and Pentium CPU's.