Patch Name: PHCO_19559

Patch Description: s700_800 10.20 sort(1) cumulative patch

Creation Date: 99/08/30

Post Date:  99/09/15

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
	s700: 10.20
	s800: 10.20

Products: N/A

Filesets:
	OS-Core.UX-CORE

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Superseded

Critical: No

Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHCO_19559

Symptoms:
	PHCO_19559:
	1. sort(1) gives an error "... more than 20480
	   characters" on ja_JP.SJIS locale.
	2. sort -u fails to remove duplicates in non-C locales
	3. sort(1) misbehaves for huge data intermittently

	PHCO_17799:
	sort -k1 option fails for ascii characters
	whose value is > 127.

	PHCO_15833:
	sort(1) reports errors while sorting binary data.
	sort(1) will not support binary data after 10.20.

	PHCO_13500:
	UTF8 changes incorporated for various options for sort

	PHCO_10589:
	sort(1) behaves incorrectly when the field_end for a sort
	key is not specified

	PHCO_8768:
	Customer   uses   command   "sort  -t  "|" <filename>"
	on HP-UX  10.01.   He gets an error  message:  "A line
	of the input file contains more than 20480 characters."
	This error  does only occur if LANG is set to
	de_DE.iso88591, with LANG="C" everything works fine.

Defect Description:
	PHCO_19559:
	1.
	When record length is equal to the space available on
	the buffer, sort(1) gives an error "... more than 20480
	characters" for non C locales. This is because sort(1)
	was not able to store the NULL appended record in the
	buffer.

	Resolution:
	If record length is exactly equal to the available
	space on the buffer, a temporary buffer is
	allocated to write the record.

	2.
	sort -u fails to remove duplicates in non-C locales
	due to the improper copying of record (key sequence + actual
	record) to the save area.

	Resolution:
	Instead of copying the record, the save and record pointers
	have been swapped.

	3.
	grow_core() calls realloc() even though the
	maximum buffer size is reached.

	Resolution:
	The current size of the buffer is checked against the
	maximum limit to the buffer size. If the two are equal
	grow_core() returns 0 without reallocating further.

	PHCO_17799:
	sort -k1 option was failing for ascii characters
	with values > 127 due to improper typecasting of
	the pointer variable holding the characters to be
	sorted.

	Resolution:
	The pointer variable holding data to be sorted has
	been typecasted to unsigned character to facilitate
	correct sorting of ascii characters > 127.

	PHCO_15833:
	sort(1) was allowing binary input when it should not
	have, as binary data is not supported.
	sort(1) will not handle binary input after 10.20.

	PHCO_13500:
	Enhanced the sort option -i for UTF8 locale changes

	PHCO_10589:
	sort(1) behaves incorrectly when the field_end for a sort
	key is not specified

	PHCO_8768:
	Customer   uses   command   "sort  -t  "|" <filename>"
	on HP-UX  10.01.   He gets an error  message:  "A line
	of the input file contains more than 20480 characters."
	This error  does only occur if LANG is set to
	de_DE.iso88591, with LANG="C" everything works fine.

SR:
	4701427807 8606100923 8606101619 5003448423 1653260414
	4701377283 1653184259 1653182055 4701349837

Patch Files:
	/usr/bin/sort

what(1) Output:
	/usr/bin/sort:
		$Revision: 78.5.1.11 $
		PATCH_10_20: sort.o hpux_rel.o 99/08/30
		PATCH-PHCO_18644 for 10.20; for 10.30, 11.x compatib
			ility libc.a_ID@@/main/r10dav/libc_dav/libc_
			dav_cpe/9
		/ux/core/libs/libc/archive_pa1/libc.a_ID
		Jul  8 1999 15:44:31

cksum(1) Output:
	3245935479 233472 /usr/bin/sort

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies: None

Hardware Dependencies: None

Other Dependencies: None

Supersedes:
	PHCO_17799 PHCO_15833 PHCO_13500 PHCO_10589 PHCO_8768

Equivalent Patches: None

Patch Package Size: 290 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_19559

	5a. For a standalone system, run swinstall to install the
	    patch:

		swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true \
			-s /tmp/PHCO_19559.depot

	By default swinstall will archive the original software in
	/var/adm/sw/patch/PHCO_19559.  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_19559.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_19559.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k

Special Installation Instructions: None