Patch Name: PHCO_18918 Patch Description: s700_800 10.26 libHcurses cumulative patch Creation Date: 99/09/18 Post Date: 99/10/15 Hardware Platforms - OS Releases: s700: 10.26 s800: 10.26 Products: N/A Filesets: OS-Core.CORE-SHLIBS ProgSupport.PROG-MIN Automatic Reboot?: No Status: General Release Critical: No Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHCO_18918 Symptoms: PHCO_18918: Repackaged 10.20 patch PHCO_10947 for TOS. (PHCO_10947) Long environmental variables can cause coredumps. (PHCO_10451) Usage of libHcurses API getch() coredumps when is pressed twice, quickly. (PHCO_8892) 9.x curses based application breaks in 10.20. Defect Description: PHCO_18918: Long environmental variables can cause coredumps. SR: 4701351692 Patch Files: /usr/lib/libHcurses.a /usr/lib/libcurses.0 /usr/lib/libcurses.1 what(1) Output: /usr/lib/libHcurses.a: $Revision: 76.2.2.2 $ /usr/lib/libcurses.0: $Revision: 76.2.2.2 $ /usr/lib/libcurses.1: $Revision: 76.2.2.2 $ cksum(1) Output: 2616895918 248888 /usr/lib/libHcurses.a 1943685937 196608 /usr/lib/libcurses.0 1943685937 196608 /usr/lib/libcurses.1 Patch Conflicts: None Patch Dependencies: None Hardware Dependencies: None Other Dependencies: None Supersedes: None Equivalent Patches: PHCO_10947: s700: 10.20 s800: 10.20 Patch Package Size: 490 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_18918 5a. For a standalone system, run swinstall to install the patch: swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true \ -s /tmp/PHCO_18918.depot By default swinstall will archive the original software in /var/adm/sw/patch/PHCO_18918. If you do not wish to retain a copy of the original software, you can create an empty file named /var/adm/sw/patch/PATCH_NOSAVE. WARNING: If this file exists when a patch is installed, the patch cannot be deinstalled. Please be careful when using this feature. It is recommended that you move the PHCO_18918.text file to /var/adm/sw/patch for future reference. To put this patch on a magnetic tape and install from the tape drive, use the command: dd if=/tmp/PHCO_18918.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k Special Installation Instructions: None