topic Re: release notes in Operating System - OpenVMS

release notes

Erik Eulen — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:35:48 GMT

I have downloaded TCPIP patch DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP_NTP_PAT-V0504-ECO7D-4.

When I unzip the kit there are no release notes. Where do I find them?

Re: release notes

Steven Schweda — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:18:21 GMT

In the old days, when I had access to
patches, there was usually a ".txt" (or
".TXT") file next to the kit itself, and that
might contain some information.

If it's a PCSI kit, then:

HELP PRODUCT EXTRACT RELEASE_NOTES

Re: release notes

Volker Halle — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:54:30 GMT

Erik,

these TCPIP_NTP_PAT 'patches' are just a rollup of the NTP security patches (released MAY-2010 as backup savesets of individual .EXE files) in a PCSI-installable kit.

See HPSBOV02497 SSRT090245
http://www13.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01961959

Volker.

Re: release notes

Volker Halle — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:00:39 GMT

Erik,

there are no release notes in these PCSI kits:

$ prod list TCPIP_NTP_PAT
...
[000000]DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP_NTP_PAT-V0504-ECO7D-4.PCSI$TLB
[SYSEXE]TCPIP$NTP-GENKEYS.EXE
[SYSEXE]TCPIP$NTP.EXE
[SYSEXE]TCPIP$NTPDATE.EXE
[SYSEXE]TCPIP$NTPDC.EXE
[SYSEXE]TCPIP$NTPQ.EXE
[SYSEXE]TCPIP$NTP_RES_CHILD.EXE
[000000]DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP_NTP_PAT-V0504-ECO7D-4.PCSI$DESCRIPTION

Volker.

Re: release notes

Hoff — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:57:14 GMT

Here are some notes on the NTP and SSL patches, with links to the related HP documentation:

http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1522

(Why this information isn't available within the patch, I don't know. But then this patch has been an oddity going back to its inception as a backup saveset and hand-copied files, too.)

Check with HP support directly and see if they have some release notes?

Re: release notes

Erik Eulen — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:19:31 GMT

Thank you everyone for your reply