determining what patches have changed the library files

[P. Prinsloo]

If there someone who can tell me how to determine what patch changed the library file ??

[Christian Gebhardt]

Hi

swlist -l file | grep

Chris

[S.K. Chan]

Looking at the library file using "what" command does not tell you that, so the only way is to examine the README file in ..
/var/adm/products//pfiles
which is actually the description file of the patche that you got installed. The patch description file will show which files will get overwritten when you install it.

[P. Prinsloo]

Thanks that seems to work, but about 6 months ago I had a problem with a unresolved symbol, someone on the forum showed me how to view the library files and in that way determine which patch had changed the file.
Stupid me - I lost the procedure.

[Jean-Louis Phelix]

Hi,

Not so easy, because if a patch delivers only an object file, you will find the objetc name preceded with /. For example, PHKL_18543 on HP-UX 11.00 modifies /usr/conf/lib/libhp-ux.a by delivering a new spp_sim_disk.o. In swlist -l file you will find :

PHKL_18543.CORE2-KRN: /spp_sim_disk.o

If you look in /var/adm/sw/products/PHKL_18543/CORE2-KRN/INFO, you will find :

file
path /spp_sim_disk.o
type a
size 14184
cksum 867838125
mode 0444
uid 2
gid 2
owner bin
group bin
mtime 930064312
archive_path /usr/conf/lib/libhp-ux.a

Which means that this object has to be put in /usr/conf/lib/libhp-ux.a. So you will have to write a nice shell script to find it ...

Another solution would be to use grep on README files. Each patch delivers a README file (/var/adm/product/PHxxx/pfiles/README). In this file, you get a description of corrected bugs and the list of patch objects in a more readable format. In our case, you will find :

867838125 14184 /usr/conf/lib/libhp-ux.a(spp_sim_disk.o)

First numbers are output of cksum on the object. So in this case, the required script will be easier, something like

grep library /var/adm/products/PH*/pfiles/README

Regards,

Jean-Louis.

[P. Prinsloo]

thanks I will try these suggestions