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- 1) IBM R/6000 users wishing to upgrade to OS 3.1.7 should know that there
- are problems with UUCP:
-
- > Are you running 3.1.7 of the OS, or 3.1.5? What is the nature of problems
- > with UUCP?
- >
- > Thanks,
- > Tasos
- >
- 3.1.7 is the version I'm on under the AIX. When I refer to 2007,
- it breaks down as :
-
- 2 - Update to most current previous version
- 00 - ???
- 7 - New version number.
-
- When you refer to a 3005 tape, it means
-
- 3 - Replacement for a previous version, totally.
- 00 - ???
- 5 - New version number.
-
- So, when I went from 3.1.0 to 3.1.5, I got a 3005 tape. When I went from
- 3.1.5 to 3.1.6 I got a 2006 tape, and from 3.1.6 to 3.1.7 I got a 2007
- tape. When they come out with 3.2, it'll probably be a 2010 tape. Also,
- you can not go from 3.1.5 to 3.1.7 with a 2007 tape, you MUST be on the
- x-1 gen (3.1.6). The problems are that it does not spawn the polling
- processes in /usr/spool/cron/crontabs/uucp.
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- 2) Systems running under AIX 3.1.7 have yet another problem with cron. This
- can be fixed by APAR #a21036
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- 3) "BTW: PLEASE inform whoever runs the AIX
- that you use to do debug work there that he MAY have gotten SCSI update
- code on disk recently, and NOT to install it! There is a good chance his
- system won't come back up."
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- 4) Problems migrating from SUN OS 4.1.1 to SUN OS 4.1.2:
- Got it. The problem is on SunOs 4.1.2. I had rebuilt libc.so so the
- machine could be a resolver w/out needing to run DNS and only needing
- resolv.conf and a route to the gateway. Anyway, If one does this
- (or a few other things as well) ld gets sick like I described before.
-
- The answer is to get a jumbo patch from Sun support. The patch reference
- is: 100532 (International) or 100531 (Security). It also corrects the
- Makefile in /usr/lib/shlib.etc by putting a -ldl switch on ld.
- This switch can probably be used in other makes as a possible
- workaround. I'll try it tomorrow.
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- 5) Article 15006 (36 more) in comp.unix.aix:
- From: lubkt@synergy.CC.Lehigh.EDU (Binod Taterway)
- Subject: C routine realloc() seems broken in AIX 3.2.2...
- Message-ID: <LUBKT.92Aug17113728@synergy.CC.Lehigh.EDU>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 16:37:28 GMT
- Sender: usenet@chili.cc.lehigh.edu
- Distribution: comp.unix.aix
- Organization: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
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- FYI -
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- AIX 3.2.2 has broken all my realloc() calls. The code that worked on
- AIX 3.1.8 (and all previous releases) now gives core dump after I
- upgraded AIX. I get -
-
- Catastrophe in realloc: invalid storage ptr
- IOT/Abort trap(coredump)
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- 6) malloc() under 3.2 may cause bur errors:
-
- From the malloc man page:
-
- Note: AIX Version 3.2 allocates memory using a different method than in
- previous releases. Some applications may fail due to this new method.
- Therefore, AIX Version 3.2 supports both the old and new memory
- management strategies. The MALLOCTYPE environment variable can be set
- to access the older version. To use the old memory allocation method
- instead of the new, enter:
-
- MALLOCTYPE=3.1; export MALLOCTYPE
- setenv MALLOCTYPE 3.1
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