topic Versioning System in Operating System - HP-UX

Versioning System

HSBC — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:46:14 GMT

Hello all.

I??m curious about the versioning system HP used with their software. For example: what is the correct meaning of each numeral/character on a "B.10.20.18.AJ" fileset? (X.25)

For example "B"=revision, "10"=xpto and so on...

Thanks.

Re: Versioning System

Wouter Jagers — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:05:16 GMT

The B.xx.xx part just states the HPUX operating system version the fileset is applicable for.

Hence, nowadays, it would always be B.10.20 (on your old machines), B.11.00 or B.11.11 .

If I'm right, the rest of it denotes the revision. I don't think there's any further significance in these separate digits, since I've seen the weirdest strings, which had nothing in common :-)

My guess is the revision number formatting may differ from product to product..

regards
Wout

Re: Versioning System

HSBC — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:46:39 GMT

Hum.

I also asked IBM and they gave the following answer, taking as an example, their Communication Server bundle, 6.0.1.2:

Version.Release.Modification.Patch.

Does anyone knows how HP implements that with their sw filesets?

Thanks.