Update Pack 1 and Maintenance Pack 1 now available for UnixWare 7 Definitive 2018.

Xinuos is pleased to announce the immediate availability for UnixWare 7 Definitive of:

• PTF 9151
• Update Pack 1 (UP1
• Maintenance Pack 1 (MP1)

PTF 9151 and its prerequisites, the libc and libthread packages, provide major enhancements and bug fixes to the base operating system. These changes expand the software that can run on UnixWare 7 Definitive and, in particular, the ports provided in MP1 and UP1.
The UnixWare 7 Definitive 2018 Maintenance Pack 1 (MP1) and Update Pack 1 (UP1) offerings enhance UnixWare 7 Definitive 2018 with security and bug fixes as well as many new features.

patchck is improved and streamlined to facilitate easy installation of these offerings on top of your already installed and licensed UnixWare 7 Definitive 2018 system. See the Installation Instructions section below to use patchck to install the required MP1 and, optionally, the separately licensed UP1.

UP1 the first update pack for UnixWare 7 Definitive 2018, provides several new packages including:

• Perl version 5.34.0
• Sendmail version 8.17.2
• Samba version 4.10.16.
• See Appendix B: Update Pack 1 Packages for a complete listing of the UP1
packages.
• Please note that the UP1 is only available via patchck and requires MP1 to be installed first also via patchck

MP1 includes:

• Python 3.10.12
• Numerous additional open-source packages
• These are operating system core packages and they are required for UnixWare 7 Definitive
2018 support, maintaining a secure open-source environment, and enablers for newer features, such as those in Update Pack 1. See Appendix A: Maintenance Pack 1 Packages for a complete listing of the MP1packages.
• Maintenance Pack 1 is cumulative and will be updated over time with newer versions and additional packages available.

As always, we strive to continually update and develop our operating systems to keep them as relevant as possible while maintaining backwards compatibility and our world-renowned stability and reliability that is the cornerstone of our operating systems.

Please note that MP1 is free to registered users but UP1 requires a license fee for our non- subscription customers. To obtain UP1 please contact our sales department at (800) 726-6561 or email sales@xinuos.com

Kind regards, The Xinuos team

January 29, 2024

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