solaris "Group buffer size" issue can break workflows -- workaround

Solaris 9
TeamSite 6.5 SP1

We just patched our Solaris 9 box and ran into the "Group buffer size issue". All of our workflows that use "WFsystem.pm" to start a workflow started reporting an error. I found the following workaround:

$iw-home/iw-perl/vendor/lib/TeamSite/WFsystem.pm

Around line 310, I strip out the "buffer" error message


            $wfid = <TMP>; close TMP;
            unlink $tmpout;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        $wfid =  `$command 2>&1`;
# if the command outputs the buffer error, strip it out
        if($wfid =~m/buffer/){
            $wfid=~s/^.*\n//;
        }
    }

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Bill Klish

This issue is fixed in SP3 coming out on march 1. This effects more than just this perl library

w18111

ok, so is this a workaround I can try safely, i.e. does it just strip off the buffer error message without affecting other WF error messages?

jed

ok, so is this a workaround I can try safely, i.e. does it just strip off the buffer error message without affecting other WF error messages?

Safe for a dev/test machines? Of course. Safe for production? That is for you to decide Smiley Happy

We have been running with that change for a few weeks without issue.

~jed

w18111

An FYI follow-up, after some investigation we were able isolate the patch causing us the problem and were able to revert from Sun patch 108993-65 (bad) to 108993-63 (good); The patch uninstall needs to be done in a "safe" or single user mode in the OS so as to not cause a system panic (basically the sys admin needs to know what he is doing

The Sun patch 108993-63 contains the DST changes but is basically an older revision that does not include the group buffer change.

So far things seem to be ok..