Patches

[ASIFKHAN]

how we can know operating system requirement & other requirements of a patch?

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

All patches have patch notes associated with them. For example, examine a sample using the 11.11 patch PHCO_34668 from the ITRC Patch Database:

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=PHCO_34668&sel={hpux:11.11,}&BC=main|search|

Regards!

...JRF...

[James George_1]

Hi

You can get the information from the patch with the following commands

# swlist -a readme -s /tmp/PHXX_XXXX.depot|more

# swlist -a revision -s /tmp/PHXX_XXXX.depot |more

Rgds / james

[Bob E Campbell]

The "-a readme" option will give you the full text file for the patch. This will answer your question as well as many more. If you are looking for a smaller set of output there are two attributes that control SD installation:

# swlist -a os_release -a machine_type

Each of these attributes can be a reqular expression so for example:

PHSS_27098 B.11.11 *:64
PHSS_27858 B.11.00|B.11.11 *

The first patch is for 11.11 but only 64-bit systems while the second can install on any 11.00 or 11.11 system.