Open UNIX 8












Overview of Open UNIX 8 Patches and Supplements

Security patches
Device Drivers


Technical articles that address download issues:

How to transfer Supplements from a DOS system to a UNIX system and create diskettes for UNIX on a DOS system

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ou800pk: Open UNIX 8 Release 8.0.0 Maintenance Pack 7

For: Open UNIX 8 Release 8.0.0
Date posted: 30-MAY-04

Description: This Maintenance Pack contains several important fixes for your Open UNIX 8 product.

Click here to access Maintenance Pack 7

NOTE: This is the final Maintenance Pack for Open UNIX 8. The product has been retired. Customers looking for continued support and maintenance of their systems should upgrade to the latest release of UnixWare 7.


ptf8008b: Open UNIX 8.0.0 Maintenance Pack 6 Supplement

For: Open UNIX 8 Release 8.0.0 with Maintenance Pack 6 installed

Description: This Supplement fixes the following issues:

  • TCP data corruption.
  • Memory corruption when using Progress, due to a bug in libc's memmove() when the source and destination overlap and cross the 2GB boundary.

NOTE: ptf8008b has been removed and is superseded by Maintenance Pack 7


ptf8000b: ReliantHA 1.1.1 Supplement

For: Open UNIX 8 Release 8.0.0

Description: ReliantHA Applications don't failover when the node is powered off.

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ptf7044h: ADABAS-C Driver API Supplement

For: Open UNIX 8 Release 8.0.0 UnixWare 7.1.0, 7.1.1

Date Posted: 25-APR-02

Description: This SLS enables the Software A.G. ADABAS-C Database product to be run on UnixWare. For further information on this product, consult your ADABAS-C documentation or your Software A.G. supplier.

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