Installing patch bundles during ignite build

[GXW_1]

What's the easiest way to get an ignite build to incorporate the Feature, hwenable and qpk patch bundles?

I'm thinking if I swcopy them into my Core OS depot and then build from that - will they be installed during the build?

Or will I have to put a manual swinstall in as a post-instcall script? i.e. install them separately afterwards.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

http://docs.hp.com/en/5990-6728/ch02s05.html

From an Ignite-UX server (golden image) you have the option to select or deselect the bundles for install. See the Ignite-UX Administration Guide.

http://docs.hp.com/en/5992-1959/ch03s03.html

HTH,
Robert-Jan

[GXW_1]

Thanks Robert-Jan. In fact I was not using golden images.

I have tried downloading the patch bundles and created depots using the supplied script and then swcopy for each one into my core_media depot. Worked like a dream and client build went OK with all patches installed at build time. No need to run a post-install script. For once, something that just works first time :-)

My swcopy command was FYI e.g.

swcopy -v -s /igx/patches/ FEATURE11i_B.11.31.0709.312.depot -x enforce_dependencies=false \* @ /igx/my_core_media

which I found elsewhere on this forum in a slightly different context.

[Armin Kunaschik]

It depends :-)

1. swcopy into the core depot and recreate the index (manage_index(1M)! This is important, otherwise ignite does not "see" the new bundles. If you preselect/deselect bundles in a config file you may need to check/adjust things too (esp. under 11.31 configs, because HP added versions there by default.
e.g. under HP-UX 11.23:
init sw_sel "MOZILLAsrc"=FALSE
e.g. under HP-UX 11.31:
init sw_sel "MOZILLAsrc,r=1.7.13.01.01"=FALSE

2. create a post install script.

For cold installations i'd prefer the first method, because it's faster and you can save disk space by setting saved_patch_files to no.
The second method is more flexible if your depot software changes often. No need to rebuild index any time and you can savely install from the seperate depot after cold install.

My 2 cents,
Armin

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