Required Operating System Patches Adaptive Server IQ 12.4.0
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Release Bulletin for Digital UNIX
• Digital Unix V4.0f
Note The product name Digital UNIX has recently been changed to Tru64
UNIX. However the Adaptive Server IQ documentation still uses the old
Digital UNIX name.
The following operating system command shows the level of your base system
software:
% sizer -v
Tru64 UNIX V4.0D (Rev. 878);
Wed Jul 15 12:31:49 EDT 1998
Adaptive Server IQ 12.4.0 has been built to take advantage of certain
performance features found in the Digital Alpha EV5.6 (21164A) and later
chip architecture.
1.1 Required Operating System Patches
You must install the patches listed in this section to run Adaptive Server IQ on
Digital UNIX.
• Digital UNIX V4.0d requires the March 1998 patch kit as the absolute
minimum.
Normally, it is best to install the latest patch kit. However, as of Adaptive
Server IQ 12.4.0 certification, the latest patch kits contain a problem in the
pthreads library which causes a one to two times performance slowdown in
Adaptive Server IQ, most notably in loads and multi-user activity. For this
reason, you should avoid using those patches and use the previous patch kits.
The following table shows you which kits to avoid (the middle column) and
which you should use (the last column).
This problem should be resolved in the next release of these patch kits.
For this operating
system version
Do NOT use this patch
kit Use this patch kit
DUNIX 4.0D duv40das0004-
19990723
duv40das00003-
19990208
DUNIX 4.0E duv40eas0002-
19990617
duv40eas00001-
19990202
DUNIX 4.0F duv40fas0001-
19990609
None required