INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 81ST02 ON OPENVMS ALPHA


BEFORE DOWNLOADING:


The hot fix 81ST02 addresses the PROC PHREG issue in Release 8.1 
(TS1M0) of SAS/STAT software on OpenVMS Alpha as documented in 
SAS Note(s):  


      SN-003702  Incorrect survival estimates possible in the BASELINE 
                 and OUTPUT data sets with METHOD=PL   


You may review this SAS Note at:

      http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/003/003702.html
      

The hot fix package downloaded is in zip format.  The name of the zip
file is 81st02av.zip, and it contains the following files:

      * sasphreg.exe
             the replacement executable containing the hot fix

      * 81st02av.aud
             a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support
             to determine which fixes have been applied to a system

      * 81st02av.txt
             a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed
             in SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX] 



IMPORTANT NOTE(S):

1.  You must have Release 8.1 (TS1M0) installed on your system before 
    applying this hot fix.

2.  Define Release 8.1 SAS System logicals to your process by executing 
    the following command file:

           $ @disk:[SAS81.TOOLS]SAS81.COM

    where disk is the device where Release 8.1 (TS1M0) of the SAS System 
    is installed.

3.  If you do not have the UNZIP utility installed on your system, please 
    download this program from the "SAS System under OpenVMS" link
    on this page:

           http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/ftp/download.html

    The name of the utility is UNZIPAV.EXE.  Copy this file
    to the directory SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT].  Create 
    this directory if it is not present.

    Once installed, create a symbol pointing to the UNZIP utility:

           $ UNZIP :== "$SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT]UNZIPAV.EXE"


AFTER DOWNLOADING:

The following instructions describe the steps for replacing the sasphreg
executable.
  
STEP 1:
Create a directory named HOTFIX under SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT]

     $  CREATE/DIR SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX]


STEP 2:
Copy the file downloaded, 81ST02AV.ZIP, to the HOTFIX directory created in STEP 1.

Assuming the file was downloaded to a user's directory called disk1:[dir],
execute

     $  COPY disk1:[dir]81ST02AV.ZIP SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX]


STEP 3:
Change your default directory to the SAS$ROOT directory.

     $ SET DEFAULT SAS$ROOT:[000000]


STEP 4:
Extract the contents from the downloaded zip file.

     $  UNZIP -o "-X" "SAS$ROOT:[TOOLS.SUPPORT.HOTFIX]81ST02AV.ZIP"

This "-X" parameter must be in uppercase for this command to work properly.



This completes the installation of hot fix 81ST02 on OpenVMS Alpha.