File: /outgoing/patches/8.08.7/README This is a summary of the RDA 8.08.7 patches available on the SIGMET ftp site. File last updated 28 March 2005. The procedure for installing these patches is: 1) Move the files RHEL3.0/rvp8*.v1.gz to your IRIS_BIN/rda directory. 2) Rename the files they will replace # cd /usr/sigmet/bin/rda # mv rvp8 rvp8.v0 # mv rvp8proc rvp8proc.v1 3) Uncompress the new files # gunzip rvp8.v1.gz # gunzip rvp8proc.v1.gz 4) Make a symbolic link from the original name to the patch. # ln -s rvp8.v1 rvp8 # ln -s rvp8proc.v1 rvp8proc 5) Set ownership and mode to exactly match the old file. You can see this information with "ls -l rvp8*". # chown root:users rvp8.v1 # chown root:users rvp8proc.v1 # chmod 6775 rvp8.v1 # chmod 6775 rvp8proc.v1 ============================= 8.08.7 V1 =============================== rvp8.v1.gz rvp8proc.v1.gz Please install these patches only on 8.08.7 rda releases. Gparm readbacks of the noise level always returns numbers from the first pulse width only. This has the effect that zauto will only work on the first pulse width. This bug first appeared in 8.08.6, and is fixed by 8.08.8.