The fread and fwrite integer overflow is caused by an problem with the
patch scripts, patchix, autopat, and hpinstl.  To avoid the problem check
the version of your patch script before starting the patch process.

Problem:

   The OCT'd version of the CM procedure MPEFILETYPE in SL.PUB.SYS
   is bad.  It appears to have been OCT'd without the NOOVF option.
   This problem was caused by the installation of one or more patches.

Effect:

   This causes some programs to abort with "INTEGER OVERFLOW"
   in unexpected places (typically doing a file system operation,
   like FWRITE/FREAD).  Adager has been known to abort because of
   this.  If the program in question happens to be in critical mode,
   the abort would cause a system abort.

Known Problem  [8606232211/STARS/English] :
This has been fixed in
 Patchix version B.01.07 and above for  MPE/iX releases 6.5 and 6.0
 Patchix version B.02.05 and above of MPE/iX release 7.0
 Patchix version B.03.00 and above on MPE/iX release 7.5
 Hpinstal version B.15.00 and above on MPE/iX release 7.5
 Autoinst version E.14.00 and above on MPE/iX release 7.5.



 If you need more information the following jazz url should help or
open a case with the response center for a temporary fix.

 http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/scripts/sloctfix/


Best regards
Cathlene McRae
HP Response center

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