patch_match_target vs. match_target

[Nobody's Hero]

I am getting ready to load up our 1/4ly patches. I was told to use the match_target=true option. What is the difference between patch_match_target and match_target options?

[Steven E. Protter]

I won't try and explain it because I get confused and get it wrong.

This doc explains it a bit.

http://docs.hp.com/en/5185-6522/ch06s05.html

SEP

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Robert,

This link might explain things to you,

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000066940547

The itrc doc id is UNX1100160.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[melvyn burnard]

This document may hold the answer to your question:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-0686/5991-0686.pdf

[marie-noelle jeanson_1]

Robert,

You should be able to access this file:
http://devresource.hp.com/drc/STK/docs/archive/PatchTutorial_11X.pdf

See in partucliar, Using the SD Matching Operations paragraph on p. 47. In a nutshell:

In the HP-UX 10.X releases, patches were generally selected and installed using the match_target option of
swinstall. This was an improvement over manual selection of patches but there were several problems:
- The match_target option applied to both patches and non-patch software in the same depot and there was no
way to ensure that the patches and non-patch software would be installed in the correct order. This complicated
the process of software updates and required that patches be kept in a separate depot.

Three options were added in HP-UX 11.00 to improve management of patches. One is patch_match_target.
Once a software product has been installed, the patch_match_target option is used to select patches from a
depot which correspond to a product installed on the system. This is most often used to install the proper set of
patches from a patch bundle.

See more details in the document,

Marie-Noelle

[Pete Randall]

Robert,

It's simple: match_target was 10.x while patch_match_target is for 11.x.


Pete