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Status: OBSOLETE

Patch Id: 118192-02

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Summary: Obsoleted by: 118192-03 SunOS 5.9_x86: gtar patch

Date:  Nov/24/2008

Installation Requirements:

NA

Solaris Release: 9_x86

Sun OS Release: 5.9_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as 118191

Topic: 

SunOS 5.9_x86: gtar patch

Relevant Architecture: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch:

5069958 6407045 6705131

Changes incorporated in this version:

6407045 6705131

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

Obsoleted by:

Files Included in this Patch: 

/usr/sfw/bin/gtar
/usr/sfw/bin/tar
/usr/sfw/libexec/grmt
/usr/sfw/libexec/rmt

Problem Description: 

6407045 upgrade GNU tar (gtar) to 1.15.90 to address CVE-2006-0300
6705131 gtar can produce broken archives when used with -M option
 
(from 118192-01)
 
5069958 [metropolis]: file-roller does not display multibyte characters

Revision History: 

118192-01

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 1: To obtain the full fix for 5069958 (includes gtar man pages), 6407045
        (upgrade GNU tar (gtar) to 1.15.90 to address CVE-2006-0300), 6705131
        (gtar can produce broken archives when used with -M option) please also
        install following patches:
 
        114015-09 (or greater)  libxml and Freeware man pages patch
        116341-03 (or greater)  gzip patch
        118190-01 (or greater)  Freeware localizable message file patch
        118194-02 (or greater)  gtar source patch

README -- Last modified date:  Tuesday, April 21, 2009