topic Re: Correcting 11.23 swverify errors in Operating System - HP-UX

Correcting 11.23 swverify errors

Ian Foster_2 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:02:53 GMT

I have been having issues patching one of our systems (HP-UX 11.23) - software verification fails building any new patch bundles on the system (ie. when running 'create_depot_hp-ux_11'). I have run swverify on the system as it stands, and there are errors on 75 installed filesets. Most (if not all)of the errors seem to relate to ownership/permissions.

I note there is a flag for swverify (-F) which alledgedly "Runs vendor-specific fix scripts to correct and report problems on installed software. The fix script can create missing directories, correct file modifications (mode, owner, group, major, and minor), and recreate symbolic links".

Has anybody used this option ? I was contemplating running it on our test system (which I Ignited from live to replicate the problem) to see if it helped with the patching issue ?

Any advice gratefully recieved.

Re: Correcting 11.23 swverify errors

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:13:58 GMT

Hi Ian:

You can certainly try running 'swverify -F \*'.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Correcting 11.23 swverify errors

Hasan Atasoy — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:27:15 GMT

Hi ian ;

swverify -F fix=true \*

hasan.

Re: Correcting 11.23 swverify errors

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:25:06 GMT

Shalom,

Note that not every swverify error can be corrected. Some of them originate in the depot that was installed. It is sometimes the default of the developer.

SEP

Re: Correcting 11.23 swverify errors

Ian Foster_2 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:36:02 GMT

Thanks guys. I think I'll give it a whirl on the test system initially. I wasn't necessarily expecting it to fix everything; but if it at least eliminates some errors it might narrow down the issue. I'll let you know how I get on.