TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  PTF277 - Syslogd Patch
DATE:  28SEP95
README FOR:  PTF277
PRODUCT and VERSION:

UnixWare 1.1


Installation Instructions:  

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the ptf277.Z and ptf277.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 package to your system.

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

        $ su
        # uncompress /tmp/ptf277.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/ptf277

ENGINEERING RELEASE NOTES
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Title
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PTF277 - Syslogd Patch

Product And Version
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UnixWare 1.1.2

Abstract
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Corrects a variety of problems reported about /usr/sbin/syslogd.

Symptom
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The most commonly observed problems are erroneous timestamps,
memory leaks and missing messages.


SOLUTION SPECIFICS
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General Description.
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This patch is a distribution of the UnixWare 1.1.3 version of
/usr/sbin/syslogd.  This version contains numerous fixes for a
variety of problems that have observed when using previous
versions.


New Features.
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None

Software Notes and Recommendations.
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This PTF is intended for UnixWare 1.1.2 systems which have the
Network Support Utilities (nsu) package installed and which have
encountered problems and errors when running /usr/sbin/syslogd.

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.