On Red Hat 6.6 or later the DUAS Installation (unirun) fails with the error "./uniinstall check_direct [email protected] Segmentation fault (core dumped) )"

Products

• CA Automic Dollar Universe

Issue/Introduction

Error Message :
On the core log (strace -f): 
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--- SIGSEGV {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SI_KERNEL, si_addr=0} ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++
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During the execution unirun and unirun-i

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./unirun: line 263: 11527 Segmentation fault [email protected]
${TOOLSDIR}/${PATCH_SH} check_direct -${MODE} ${PATCHOPT} [email protected]
PATCH_SH=unipatch
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Patch level detected:Dollar Universe 6.1.00
Product Version: Dollar.Universe 6.1.0

Description :On Red Hat 6.6 or later the installation (unirun) fails with this error while doing uniinstall: "./uniinstall check_direct [email protected] Segmentation fault (core dumped) )"

Example of the versions of the ksh / kernel of the system:

$ ksh --version
version sh (AT&T Research) 93u+ 2012-08-01

$ uname -a
Kernel version : Linux malmag 2.6.32-573.1.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 14 02:46:51 EDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Environment

OS: Linux
OS Version: Red Hat 6.6 or superior

Cause

Cause type:
Configuration
Root Cause: The issue was due to a bug on the ksh version delivered on Red Hat 6.6, but can be present on other Linux distributions.

Resolution

As this is related to the KSH version, please upgrade the ksh on your OS to the latest version available.

Note that even if you are already on ksh version 93u+ you might still have to upgrade to upgrade to the latest ksh package version on your system

Launch the command : yum -update ksh

Then retry to install Dollar Universe.

Fix Status: Released

Fix Version(s):
Component: Application.Server
Version: Dollar.Universe 6.7.41

Additional Information

Workaround :
N/A