[comp.sys.hp] Info sought on 5.1 Release

rer@hpfclj.HP.COM (Rob Robason) (11/15/86)

I started to post the Update_info/from.5.05 file in response, but since it's
37 Kbytes, I had second thoughts.  Instead I post just the summary from the
beginning and suggest you get your SE to run off a listing or email it to
you.

Rob Robason

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This document summarizes the changes in the operating system, libraries,
commands,  compilers, and other  subsystems  when updating from the 5.05
release to the 5.1  release  for the  HP9000  Series 500  computers.  It
should be read by all system  administrators  (if you are updating  from
the     5.01      release     then     you     should     be     reading
/etc/newconfig/Update_info/from5.0).

The Series 500 5.1  release  is a minimal  update  from  5.05, but it is
still a full relese,  SUPERCEDING  ALL PREVIOUS  RELEASES.  It is object
code  compatible with the 5.05 release, and thus existing  programs will
not see any differences.

The topics covered in this document are:

    Operating System:

	- 97084A memory cards
	- core(5) files
	- support  for  "#!" in  exec(2)
	- errfile(5) time and date information added
	- IPC configuration
	- Nil pointer dereference
	- support has been added for the FIONREAD ioctl
	- support has been added for the HP 7907A disc drive
	- powerup messages
	- memallc(2)
	- sdfinit(1M)
	- prealloc(2)
	- kill(2)
	- rmdir(2)
	- pipe(2)
	- lockf(2)
	- truncate(2)
	- open(2)
	- VM system

    Commands:

	- autobkup(1M) 
	- cpio(1)
	- diskusg(1M) 
	- fsck(1M) 
	- fsdb(1M) 
	- uconfig(1M) 
	- vt(1), vtdaemon(1M)

    C Compiler
	
	- cdb(1) 
	- cxref(1) 
	- ld(1) 
	- lex(1) 
	- lint(1) 
	- yacc(1) 

    Networking - no changes

    Fortran

	- Bug Fixes
	- NAMELIST directed input/output
	- declaration of NAMELIST groups
	- input/output statement specification
	- NAMELIST directed input
	- NAMELIST directed output
	- run-time errors
	- known bugs

    Pascal

	- HP15 Native Language Support:
	- Bug Fixes

    AGP - no changes

    Skeleton Handler - no changes

    SRM Access Util

	- srmls(1)

    Starbase

	- Additions
	- Changes
	- Bug Fixes