superseded

[Waugh]

Hi,

How to check the superseded patches before installing patch through command lind.

Regards
Rkumar

[Adam W.]

/usr/sbin/cleanup -c 2
(Will let you see and prompt you to remove removed all patches that have been superseded at least 2 times)

[OFC_EDM]

Or did you mean how to check if your patch has been superseeded.

Go to http://www11.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/pdbMainPage.do and type in your patch.

The resulting page will let you know if it's been superseded.

[Dennis Handly]

>How to check the superseded patches before installing patch

What are you asking? Is it Kevin's assumption? Or are you worried that you have superseded some patches? You don't need to worry about the latter, swinstall handles it.
Unless you are worried about space as Adam mentioned cleanup.

[Waugh]

Hi ,
How to check the superseded patches before installing patch?Is it possible through command line

Regards
Rkumar

[Dennis Handly]

>How to check the superseded patches before installing patch?

Check them how, existence? And why bother?
Superseded patches are moved into the IPD save area.

You need to explain better what you are trying to do and figure out??

[Waugh]

Hi Dennis,

I was trying to understand below 2 command .what they r doing

1)swlist - l fileset -a patch_state -x show_superseded_patches=true* | more
2)swlist -l fileset -a ancestor -a supersedes PHCO_26385

Regards
Rkumar

[Dennis Handly]

>what they are doing?
1)swlist -l fileset -a patch_state -x show_superseded_patches=true \*

(Note corrections.)
This would list all filesets on the system giving their patch state. It would probably better to change the "\*" to "PH??_?????" so you only do patches.

>2)swlist -l fileset -a ancestor -a supersedes PHCO_26385

For the patch PHCO_26385, it lists ancestors and which patches it supersedes.

[Waugh]

Hi Dennis,

That was the my query. Thanks

Reagrds
Rkumar

[Dennis Handly]

You can also get that info from the ITRC patch tree:
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchTree.do?patchid=PHCO_26385