INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 82BC23 ON COMPAQ TRU64 UNIX BEFORE DOWNLOADING: The hot fix 82BC23 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.2 (TS2M0) of Base SAS software on Compaq Tru64 UNIX as documented in SAS Note(s): SN-004359 PROC MEANS/SUMMARY/TABULATE/REPORT may produce additional classification groups and not apply format to printed output SN-005747 PROC MEANS/SUMMARY may produce incorrect output with numeric CLASS variables SN-010802 PROC MEANS/SUMMARY produces null ID values in the output data set SN-014737 PROC MEANS/SUMMARY incorrectly assigning missing value to weighted statistic which may be reviewed at: http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/004/004359.html http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/005/005747.html http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/010/010802.html http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/014/014737.html The hot fix package that is downloaded is in compressed tar format. The name of the tar file is 82bc23ap.tar.Z, and it contains the following files: * sassfm01.82bc23 the replacement executable containing the hot fix * sassfm01 a link to sassfm01.82bc23 * sasmeans.82bc23 the replacement executable containing the hot fix * sasmeans a link to sasmeans.82bc23 * 82bc23ap.aud a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support to determine which fixes have been applied to a system * 82bc23ap.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 $> uncompress -c $HOME/82bc23ap.tar | tar -xf - 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 82BC23 on Compaq Tru64 UNIX.