=== Please do not reply to this email. Your reply will not be received === === due to anti-SPAM controls we have in place. Please see QUESTIONS AND === === SUPPORT below for info on how to contact us. === M A G N I C O M P S Y S I N F O Patch Release Announcement Patch Version 6.0.2 OVERVIEW A new bug fix release of MagniComp's(tm) SysInfo(tm) is now available for download. This bug fix release is available for free to all licensed users of version 6.0. Your existing 6.0 license.mcl file should be used in conjunction with this patch release. DETAILS PATCH VERSION: 6.0.2 DATE OF RELEASE: May 30, 2006 VERSION PATCHED: 6.0 AFFECTED PRODUCTS: SysInfo full runtime environment SysInfo Software Developers Kit SysInfo Runtime environment without any user interface AFFECTED PLATFORMS: All supported platforms PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THIS RELEASE This release includes multiple bug fixes since the 6.0-GA and previous 6.0.x releases. We recommend all users upgrade to this release. The following is a cumulative list of fixes included in this release since the 6.0 product release: ######## BUG FIXES ######## * build Don't use our own DRIVER_INFO_6 type declare anymore as mingw now includes one. MCRELEASE: 6.0.2-GA * build Don't cache configure vars relating to product version since we often update hotfix data in these vars. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H8 * class/filesys If an NFS mount is hung, SysInfo now times out instead of hanging. This is implemented via new "mntinfo" driver which performs all statvfs/statfs calls which are the calls which block when an NFS mount is hung. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H8 * class/storsys Fix rare core dump in nafiler due to NULL deref. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H8 * gui Fix GUI's Report tool to work once again. It was previously trying to run ".mcsiwrapper" instead of "sysinfo". MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H8 * gui Add check in GUI for when a DevInfo name == Master name. This was previously causing a crash. MCRELEASE: 6.0 * install It's no longer fatal if renaming the mcGlobals.pm to mcGlobals.pm.OLD fails. MCRELEASE: 6.0.2-GA * install Fix installer to work on Fedora 5 and later. Newer OS which use the latest GNU coreutils don't accept "tail +N" by default. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H5 * install Fix UNIX installer to not fail with a Chown() error if not run as root with --override. MCRELEASE: 6.0 * sie/build Fix build problem on Fedora 5. MCRELEASE: 6.0 * sie/class/general Avoid possible hang on AIX when obtaining "OS Version" using the oslevel command by using Cmd_t interface without a 60 second timeout. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H8 * sie/class/general Fix core dump bug when obtaining OS Dist info from /etc/issue. If /etc/issue is not in the expected format, we were core dumping. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H7 * sie/class/general Add timeout handler for GNU libc discovery to prevent hangs on systems which may have other more serious problems. MCRELEASE: 6.0 * sie/class/hardware Add timers wrapped around ioctl() on Solaris systems to reduce chance of a hang during hardware discovery. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H8 * sie/class/hardware Fix bug in Sun hardware OBP code which results in random core dumps on newer platforms like the T1000. Problem was due to use of wrong probe function being set for OBPprobeCPU. MCRELEASE: * sie/class/hardware Fix bug in Solaris SPARC hardware code which resulted in SIE core dump due to a NULL deref of CpuInfo->ArchVer. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H6 * sie/class/hardware Detect and fix when a hardware entry lists itself as it's own master. This can cause the GUI to die in a loop if left untreated. MCRELEASE: 6.0 * sie/class/hardware Fix crash bug due to NULL deref in DMI enclosure decoding code. MCRELEASE: 6.0 * sie/cli Fix possible core dump bug when "--list show" is used. MCRELEASE: 6.0 * sie/core Update checks for "MacOS X" to include checks to support "MacOS X Server". MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H5 * sie/ui Fix bug which caused "--output file" to not work when "--cache no" was also given. MCRELEASE: 6.0 * sie/wrapper Fix SetPrivs() to allow non-root setuid() to be permitted. MCRELEASE: 6.0 * wrapper Fix bug introduced in 6.0.1-H6 when determining invocation path we were not handling symlinks to targets without any path components. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H7 * wrapper Fix wrapper to handle being invoked as a symlink as was possible with pre-6.0 versions. MCRELEASE: 6.0.1-H6 DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 1) Use your Internet connected browser to go to the URL http://www.magnicomp.com/cgi-bin/mcdownload.cgi 2) From the "-- Select Product to Download --" menu, choose the bug fix version of this product as indicated by "VERSION PATCHED" above. 3) Read and accept the license if you wish to proceed. 4) The next page will be the actual download page. Click on the appropriate "Download" button to download each distribution you require. Note that the names of the download images will include the PATCH VERSION in their file names. 5) Become root and run "/bin/sh file" where "file" is the newly downloaded patched distribution file. IMPORTANT: When installing the new patched version, be sure to choose an empty directory. Do not install into the same directory which already has SysInfo installed in it. QUESTIONS AND SUPPORT If you have any questions or would like to request Technical Support, please visit: http://www.magnicomp.com/sysinfo/support/ USEFUL URLs SysInfo Product Page: http://www.magnicomp.com/sysinfo Customer Service https://www.magnicomp.com/cgi-bin/mcservices.cgi UNSUBSCRIBE MagniComp sincerely respects your right to privacy. You are receiving this email because you elected to receive announcements regarding SysInfo when you created an account on www.MagniComp.com. If you do not wish to receive future SysInfo announcements, please visit https://www.magnicomp.com/cgi-bin/mcservices.cgi and login. 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