INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT FIX 82CT09 ON OPENVMS ALPHA


BEFORE DOWNLOADING:


The hot fix 82CT09 addresses the issue(s) in Release 8.2 (TS2M0) 
of SAS/CONNECT software on OpenVMS Alpha as documented in SAS Note(s):  

      SN-005062 "Warning: Current token length of x is not supported;
                token has been truncated"   
      SN-006280 Transfer of catalogs between different host platforms
                causes segmentation violations   
      SN-006288 ERROR: COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEM PROTOCOL ERROR: SEND
                ATTEMPTED IN RECEIVE STATE.   
      SN-007725 SAS Stray Processes remaining on Remote Hosts     
      SN-009775 'Write Access Violation in Task (CONNECT)' when performing
                a control break of a PROC UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD within SAS/CONNECT   
      SN-010167 Remote submit of 29 or more %sysrput statements may
                result in "OUT OF RESOURCES" error.   
      SN-010727 Client/Server processes can hang when an asynchronous
                process abnormally terminates   
      SN-010655 RLS assignment after SIGNON causes Segmentation Violation
      SN-007758 HTML output is not visible in the RESULTS window when
                producing HTML output from a remote submit   

which may be reviewed at:

      http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/005/005062.html
      http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006280.html
      http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/006/006288.html
      http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007725.html
      http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/009/009775.html
      http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/010/010167.html
      http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/010/010727.html
      http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/010/010655.html
      http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/007/007758.html

The hot fix package downloaded is in zip format.  The name of the zip
file is 82ct09av.zip, and it contains the following files:

      * saszrlnk.exe
             the replacement executable containing the hot fix

      * sasxdmr.exe
             the replacement executable containing the hot fix

      * 82ct09av.aud
             a hot fix identifier file that will allow Technical Support
             to determine which fixes have been applied to a system

      * 82ct09av.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 8.2 (TS2M0) installed on your system before 
    applying this hot fix.

2.  Define Release 8.2 SAS System logicals to your process by executing 
    the following command file:

           $ @disk:[SAS82.TOOLS]SAS82.COM

    where disk is the device where Release 8.2 (TS2M0) 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 installing the files 
listed above.
  
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, 82CT09AV.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]82CT09AV.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]82CT09AV.ZIP"

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



This completes the installation of hot fix 82CT09 on OpenVMS Alpha.