INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 81BA23 ON SOLARIS BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 81BA23 addresses the PROC REPORT issue(s) in Release 8.1 (TS1M0) of Base SAS software on Solaris as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-003246 Using the FLOW option on GROUP variables in conjunction with an ACROSS variable produces undesirable results SN-003261 GROUP variable with FLOW option and DISPLAY variable under ACROSS variable causes error SN-003472 DISPLAY values under an ACROSS variable may incorrectly give missing values when GROUP and BREAK or COMPUTE are specified SN-003587 PROC REPORT abnormally terminates with GROUP and ACROSS variables which have both a BREAK BEFORE and a BREAK AFTER SN-003605 BREAK statement and an ACROSS variable with a DISPLAY and ANALYSIS variables underneath may cause error SN-003599 COMPUTED variable under multiple ACROSS variables may cause an error SN-003798 DISPLAY variable under an ACROSS variable and an ANALYSIS variable under an ACROSS variable may cause error SN-004119 PROC REPORT with ACROSS may result in error regarding PAGESIZE SN-004170 GROUP variables can now be specified under ACROSS variables which may be reviewed at: http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003246.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003261.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003472.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003587.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003605.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003599.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003798.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004119.html http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004170.html The hot fix package that is downloaded is in tar format. The name of the tar file is 81ba23s2.tar, and it contains the following files: * sasrepmn.81ba23 the replacement executable containing the hot fix * sasrepmn a link to sasrepmn.81ba23 * sasrepwd.81ba23 the replacement executable containing the hot fix * sasrepwd a link to sasrepwd.81ba23 * 81ba23s2.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 81ba23s2.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in !SASROOT/hotfix/doc IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have Release 8.1 (TS1M0) installed on your system before applying this hot fix. AFTER DOWNLOADING: The following instructions describe the steps for installing the files listed above. In this example, the directory where Release 8.1 (TS1M0) is installed is: /usr/lib/sas8 STEP 1: Assuming the tar file is downloaded to the user's HOME directory, follow these procedures to install the package. $> cd /usr/lib/sas8 $> tar xf $HOME/81ba23s2.tar STEP 2: Once the tar command is complete, the following line must be added as the first line of the !SASROOT/sasv8.cfg file: -path !SASROOT/hotfix/sasexe STEP 3: Change the ownership (using the chown command) and permissions (using the chmod command) on the files in the !SASROOT/hotfix/sasexe directory to match the ownership and permissions on the files in the !SASROOT/sasexe directory. This completes the installation of hot fix 81BA23 on Solaris.