• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 19.01

Description:
I am trying to install v19 Service Pack 305. This is the first time that a Service Pack will be installed in this server. I am getting an error message "Binary package sp.bin.SunOS-old.tar does not exist. Exiting."

Scenario is below.

1- Connect to server.

2- I am using util SP. The download seems to finish OK -- I do get the success message:
Dear Customer,
The ALEPH Service Pack download has been successfully completed.
Service Pack 305.
aleph113 ALEPH 19 copy 1
you may continue with the SP installation steps

3- However, when I do util SP/4 to install, I get the following error message:
installation utility detected
Service Pack 305.
Binary installation file missing
Binary package sp.bin.SunOS-old.tar does not exist. Exiting.

4- This error message seems to relate to the following section of the sp_install script:
# Check for SUN Solaris whether the COBOL is new or old

cob -V >& $TMPDIR/cobol_check
set cobol_check = `grep 'PTI=SP' $TMPDIR/cobol_check`
if ("$cobol_check" != "" && -d /exlibris/product/cobol_4.0.0) the
n
set cobol_ver = "new"
else
set cobol_ver = "old"
endif

setenv sp_bin sp.bin.`uname`-${cobol_ver}.tar
else
setenv sp_bin sp.bin.`uname`.tar
endif

if (! -f $sp_bin) then
echo "Binary package $sp_bin does not exist. Exiting."
exit
endif

5- S.I. 16384-15660: "In the the default v. 19.01 there was a bug in one of the "util sp" scripts, which is fixed in SP #156." He also says of Fix 000242: "This fix includes also various bug fixes in the "util sp" mechanism."

Resolution:
Util sp" was fixed in SP #156.

Any Aleph 19.01 customer who has SP zero or lower than #156 cannot use "util sp". SP must be manually installed by the Installations Team.

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013