Correcting 11.23 swverify errors

[Ian Foster_2]

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.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Ian:

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

Regards!

...JRF...

[Hasan Atasoy]

Hi ian ;


swverify -F fix=true \*


hasan.

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[Ian Foster_2]

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.