Patch Name: PHCO_28142

Patch Description: s700_800 10.01 sort(1) cumulative patch

Creation Date: 02/12/09

Post Date:  02/12/12

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
	s700: 10.01
	s800: 10.01

Products: N/A

Filesets:
	OS-Core.UX-CORE

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Release

Critical: No

Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHCO_28142

Symptoms:
	PHCO_28142:
	Improper handling of certain files by sort(1).

	PHCO_10587:
	sort(1) behaves incorrectly when the field_end for a sort
	key is not specified

	PHCO_8766:
	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.

	PHCO_6609:
	10.0X  sort will fail if -z recsz is equal in size to the
	largest record.  The record size must be increased.

Defect Description:
	PHCO_28142:
	Improper handling of certain files by sort(1).

	Resolution:
	   The code has been modified to handle the files
	   appropriately.

	PHCO_10587:
	sort(1) behaves incorrectly when the field_end for a sort
	key is not specified

	PHCO_8766:
	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.

	PHCO_6609:
	10.0X  sort will fail if -z recsz is equal in size to the
	largest record.  The record size must be increased.

SR:
	8606259335 8606202868 1653184259 1653182055 5003296343
	4701349837

Patch Files:
	/usr/bin/sort

what(1) Output:
	/usr/bin/sort:
		$Revision: 74.2.1.9 $
		PATCH_10_01: sort.o hpux_rel.o 02/12/09
		PATCH/10_01 PHCO_13916 $Revision: 74.9.1.16.1.113 $

cksum(1) Output:
	309118743 201634 /usr/bin/sort

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies: None

Hardware Dependencies: None

Other Dependencies: None

Supersedes:
	PHCO_6609 PHCO_8766 PHCO_10587

Equivalent Patches:
	PHCO_27940:
	s700: 10.10
	s800: 10.10

	PHCO_27564:
	s700: 10.20
	s800: 10.20

	PHCO_27565:
	s700: 11.00
	s800: 11.00

	PHCO_25918:
	s700: 11.11
	s800: 11.11

Patch Package Size: 260 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_28142

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

		swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true \
			-s /tmp/PHCO_28142.depot

	By default swinstall will archive the original software in
	/var/adm/sw/patch/PHCO_28142.  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_28142.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_28142.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k

Special Installation Instructions: None