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Status: OBSOLETE

Patch Id: 109325-09

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Summary: Obsoleted by: 109325-10 SunOS 5.8_x86: sh/jsh/rsh/pfsh patch

Date:  Mar/29/2006

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 109324

Topic: 

SunOS 5.8_x86: sh/jsh/rsh/pfsh patch

Relevant Architecture: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch:

4300733 4313399 4375814 4392404 4407470 4407491 4498084 5045556 6277636

Changes incorporated in this version:

6277636

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

Obsoleted by:

Files Included in this Patch: 

/sbin/jsh
/sbin/sh
/usr/bin/jsh
/usr/bin/pfsh
/usr/bin/sh
/usr/lib/rsh

Problem Description: 

6277636 *sh* can crash if it creates too many temporary files
 
(from 109325-08)
 
4498084 test is unable to handle operands greater than 2G or 2147483647
 
(from 109325-07)
 
5045556 sh args '-sh' + 'bar' alone (w/o '-c') should result in login shell interp.
 
(from 109325-06)
 
4407491 pfsh does not seem to be able to locate an executable in current directory
 
(from 109325-05)
 
4407470 profile shell symbolic link processing sent wrong $0
 
(from 109325-04)
 
4375814 signal 18 gives strange output in Solaris 7
 
(from 109325-03)
 
4392404 */bin/sh* creates predictable tempfiles for here-documents
 
(from 109325-02)
 
4300733 *sh* LD_PRELOAD libC.so.5 causes SEGV because sh defines local malloc
 
(from 109325-01)
 
4313399 sh: builtin read doesn't correctly work for multibyte characters

Revision History: 

109325-07 109325-02 109325-08 109325-06 109325-04 109325-01 109325-03 109325-05

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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NOTE: To get the complete fix for bugid 4498084 (test is unable to 
      handle operands greater than 2G or 2147483647), please also
      install the following patch:
 
      110663-18 (or greater)  ksh patch

README -- Last modified date:  Tuesday, May 27, 2008