Patch Name:  PHCO_8766

Patch Description: s700_800 10.0X fixes sort(1) behavior on European locales

Creation Date: 96/10/07

Post Date:  96/10/11

Warning: 97/03/31 - This Non-Critical Warning has been issued by HP.

	This patch can cause sort(1) to behave incorrectly if the
	-k option is used to define sort fields and the field_end
	sort key is not specified.  Patch PHCO_10587 is available
	immediately to resolve the problem.

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
        s700: 10.00 10.01
        s800: 10.00 10.01

Products: N/A

Filesets:
        OS-Core.UX-CORE

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Superseded With Warnings

Critical: No

Path Name:  /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHCO_8766

Symptoms:
        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_8766:
                Customer   uses   command   "sort  -t  "|"
                <filename>"  on hp-ux  10.01.  He gets ans
                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.  This works
                on a 9.04 system.

SR:
        1653184259 1653182055 5003296343

Patch Files:
        /usr/bin/sort

what(1) Output:
        /usr/bin/sort:
                $Revision: 74.2.1.1 $
                PATCH_10_0MR: sort.o hpux_rel.o 96/10/07
                /usr/lib/libc: $Revision: 72.775 $

cksum(1) Output:
        2677703957 180224 /usr/bin/sort

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies:  None

Hardware Dependencies:  None

Other Dependencies:  None

Supersedes:
        PHCO_6609

Equivalent Patches:
        PHCO_8767:
        s700: 10.10
        s800: 10.10

        PHCO_8768:
        s700: 10.20
        s800: 10.20

Patch Package Size:  230 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_8766

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

                swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true \
                        -s /tmp/PHCO_8766.depot

        5b. For a homogeneous NFS Diskless cluster run swcluster on the
            server to install the patch on the server and the clients:

                swcluster -i -b

            This will invoke swcluster in the interactive mode and
            force all clients to be shut down.

            WARNING: All cluster clients must be shut down prior to the
                     patch installation.  Installing the patch while the
                     clients are booted is unsupported and can lead to
                     serious problems.

            The swcluster command will invoke an swinstall session in which
            you must specify:

                alternate root path  -  default is /export/shared_root/OS_700
                source depot path    -  /tmp/PHCO_8766.depot

            To complete the installation, select the patch by choosing
            "Actions -> Match What Target Has" and then "Actions -> Install"
            from the Menubar.

        5c. For a heterogeneous NFS Diskless cluster:

                - run swinstall on the server as in step 5a to install
                  the patch on the cluster server.

                - run swcluster on the server as in step 5b to install
                  the patch on the cluster clients.

        By default swinstall will archive the original software in
        /var/adm/sw/patch/PHCO_8766.  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_8766.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_8766.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k

Special Installation Instructions:  None