This patch is now obsolete. Please see the NeXTSTEP Current Patch List, TIL article 70038 , for information on the most current patches for NeXTSTEP and Enterprise Objects Framework. This obsolete patch is provided here as a convenience to our customers who have not yet upgraded to the most current patch level.

NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 2 supercedes NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 1, released in 1995. If you have already installed Patch 1 on your system, you can install Patch 2 over your existing installation. If you have not installed Patch 1, you do not need to. See TIL article 72066 for details on NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 1.

NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 2 also supercedes the Foundation User Patch. Again, Patch 2 can be installed on a system with this patch previously installed. If you have not installed the Foundation User Patch, you do not need to. See TIL article 72116 for details on the Foundation User Patch.

NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 2 comes in several packages, depending on the User platform version. For Intel and NeXT-branded Motorola hardware platforms, download the file NS33CISCUserPatch2.tar . For Solaris and HP-UX platforms, download the file NS33RISCUserPatch2.tar .

In addition, there is a NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 2 Developer package, NS33DeveloperPatch2.tar . This is a multi-architecture installer package, and should be installed on systems that have NeXTSTEP 3.3 Developer installed.

Important: If you are installing the Developer patch, please read section 6 of the release notes carefully. There are some manual steps you must take to prevent some Year 2000 issues.

If you use Enterprise Objects Framework on your system, it should be installed before you install NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 2. Patch 2 includes fixes in system components that were originally installed by either EOF or the Foundation User Patch.

The NeXTSTEP and EOF software packages should be installed in the following order:

• NeXTSTEP 3.3 User
• NeXTSTEP 3.3 Developer (optional)
• EOF 1.1 User (optional)
• EOF 1.1 Developer (optional)
• NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 2 User package
• NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 2 Developer package (optional)

After download, you may need to decompress the file with the command (example):

tar xf NS33CISCUserPatch2.tar

This will unpack the single "tar" file used for download into the .pkg format compound document used by the NeXTSTEP installer. Your Web browser or FTP client may perform this step for you.

To install NeXTSTEP 3.3 Patch 2, perform the following steps:

1. Log in as root on your NeXTSTEP system. If you're not sure how to log in as root, see your system administrator.

2. Double-click the NS33CISCUserPatch2.pkg (or NS33RISCUserPatch2.pkg ) file icon.

3. Click the Install button in the Installer package window. An Install Package panel will open.

4. Click Install in the Install Package panel and, when prompted for confirmation, click OK to proceed. The Installer window displays information about the progress of the installation, which may take several minutes.

5. If you do not need to install the Developer patch, skip to step 8 to complete the installation. To install NeXTSTEP 3.3 Developer Patch 2, double-click the NS33DeveloperPatch2.pkg file icon.

6. Click the Install button in the Installer package window. An Install Package panel will open.

7. Click Install in the Install Package panel and, when prompted for confirmation, click OK to proceed. The Installer window displays information about the progress of the installation, which may take several minutes.

8. When the installation completes, the system must be rebooted. Log out and use the reboot button on the login panel.