TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              PTF145 - Fix for date -u to update CMOS
DOCUMENT ID:        TID300014
DOCUMENT REVISION:  B
DATE:               25JAN95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         PTF145

PRODUCT and VERSION:
UnixWare 1.1

ABSTRACT:

The ptf145 file contains PTF145 - fix for date -u to update CMOS date
properly. This package has the enhanced sapd daemon in pkgadd format. 
Update requires UnixWare v1.1.  This patch is replaced by update 1.1.2

SYMPTOM

prior to this PTF, date -u did not update CMOS properly.

SOLUTION

Time is maintained as localtime on Intel systems. But UNIX maintains GMT.
While printing this time is converted and printed appropriately. 
date -u was updating CMOS time to GMT. Which is prevented now.  

Apply the ptf145 file.


Installation Instructions:

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the ptf145.Z and the ptf145.txt files to the /tmp directory
    on your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file.           

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

     $ su
     # uncompress /tmp/ptf145.Z
     # pkgadd -d /tmp/ptf145 ptf145

Solution Specifics

1. General Description

These release notes acquaint you with the contents of UnixWare 
PTF145 - fix for date -u to update CMOS date properly. This package 
has the enhanced sapd daemon in pkgadd format.

2. New Features

Time is maintained as localtime on Intel systems. But unix maintains GMT.
While printing this time is converted and printed appropriately. 
date -u was updating CMOS time to GMT. Which is prevented now.

3. Software Notes and Recommendations

This package needs UnixWare 1.1 to be installed on the system. This patch is
replaced by update 1.1.2 

4. Hardware Notes and Recommendations

     Intel Platforms.

5. Installation Instructions

     # pkgadd -d diskette1 

should install this package.