ACE and Extension software HP-UX 10.20

[Andrew Szekely]

1. What is the difference between the ACE and Extension software (for HP-UX 10.20).
2. If I install ACE Version 9912 (DEC1 1999) do I still have to install the extension software?
The Extension software I have is dated April 1999.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Andrew:

This is a bit old, but ACE = Additional Core Enhancements. This was delivered to provide additional hardware support for Series 700 servers or workstations.

The so-called "extension pack" was a more general set of operating system patches.

Yes, install both. Unless you would force 'swinstall' to reinstall, it will recognize what is applicable and what is already installed. Hence, any patches applied in one bundle that co-exist in another bundle will not be re-installed.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Sameer_Nirmal]

Hi Andrew,

The Extension Software(XSW) contains essential patches and hardware-specific updates for HP-UX 10.20.

HP-UX 10.20 ACE (Additional Core Enhancements) is an enhancement patch bundle for HP-UX 10.20 that provides, among other things, hardware support for 100MB Ethernet cards, Visualize-FX graphics cards, and software support for OpenGL.

The last XSW bundle was dated June 1999.

It is always better to install the recent version of these bundles.

So you have to install both most recent XSW and ACE.

[Andrew Szekely]

I've just downloaded ACE dated December 1999.
The Extension Software for HP-UX 10.20 I have, dated April 1999.
I guess I should first install the Extension software then the ACE software.
Do you aggree with me?
Thanks for your answer in advance.
Andy

[Sameer_Nirmal]

Andrew,

Yes, install XSW first and then ACE.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Andrew:

You can save yourself a reboot and 'swcopy' both bundles to a single depot to perform one 'swinstall':

# swcopy -v -s BUNDLENAME1 -x enforce_dependencies=false \* @ /var/tmp/swdepot

# swcopy -v -s BUNDLENAME2 -x enforce_dependencies=false \* @ /var/tmp/swdepot

Regards!

...JRF...