Status: RELEASED

Patch Id: 111112-07

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Summary: SunOS 5.8_x86: /usr/bin/nawk patch

Date:  Feb/05/2007

Installation Requirements:

NA

Solaris Release: 8_x86

Sun OS Release: 5.8_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 111111

Topic: 

SunOS 5.8_x86: /usr/bin/nawk patch

Relevant Architecture: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch:

1239581 4395685 4451613 4836376 4896779 4900365 4955130 5004023 5040318 5090114 6337300 6446725

Changes incorporated in this version:

6446725

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

Obsoleted by:

Files Included in this Patch: 

/usr/bin/awk
/usr/bin/nawk
/usr/bin/oawk

Problem Description: 

6446725 After 111111-06, nawk gets "out of space in adjust_buf"
 
(from 111112-06)
 
6337300 /usr/bin/awk dumps core in ja_JP.PCK locale
 
(from 111112-05)
 
5004023 nawk fails when called from buildpatch with long path names
5040318 nawk is limited to 500 fields.
5090114 nawk core dumps
 
(from 111112-04)
 
4896779 nawk match function does not work properly
4836376 nawk and awk have use-after-free() problems
4900365 lack of commas separating args in awk printf statement causes core dump
4955130 /usr/bin/nawk leaks memory if function parameter is reassigned
1239581 awk core dumps when running illegal command
 
(from 111112-03)
 
        This patch enables the installation of 108529-14 which depends
        on this patch for installation.  No additional bug fixes are
        delivered by this revision.
 
(from 111112-02)
 
4451613 nawk record limit corrupts patch checking when installing patch
 
(from 111112-01)
 
4395685 nawk line length limit corrupts patch dependency checking when installing patch

Revision History: 

111112-05 111112-04 111112-01 111112-06 111112-03 111112-02

Patch Installation Instructions: 

--------------------------------
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-10 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.

Special Install Instructions: 

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None.

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, February 5, 2007