INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 82BA34 ON ABI+ FOR INTEL ARCHITECTURE BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 82BA34 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.2 (TS2M0) of Base SAS software on ABI+ for Intel Architecture as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-005030 Using the DROP= option with NODUPKEY in PROC SORT may require FORCE option which may be reviewed at: http://www.sas.com/service/techsup/unotes/SN/005/005030.html The hot fix package that is downloaded is in tar format. The name of the tar file is 82ba34ia.tar, and it contains the following files: * sassort.82ba34 the replacement executable containing the hot fix * sassort a link to sassort.82ba34 * 82ba34ia.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 82ba34ia.txt a copy of these installation instructions; this file is installed in !SASROOT/hotfix/doc IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 1. You must have Release 8.2 (TS2M0) 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, !SASROOT, the directory where Release 8.2 (TS2M0) 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/82ba34ia.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 Do not modify any existing -PATH options in the !SASROOT/sasv8.cfg file. 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 82BA34 on ABI+ for Intel Architecture.