/var/adm/sw/patch/PATCH_NOSAVE on HP-UX 11.0?

[A. Daniel King_1]

I'm wondering if there has been any change in the location/name/function of this file from 10.20 to 11.0. I'm preparing to apply a patch bundle, and I don't want to get bit by this!

In 10.20 it prevented saving of backout information, if I recall correctly. I don't find this file name in the man page for swinstall, nor with man -k ...

Thanks!

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Yes. On 10.20 you created (touched) a file named "/var/adm/sw/PHxx_nnnn/PATCH_NOSAVE".

On 11.x you use:

-x patch_save_files=false as an (additional) argument to 'swinstall'.

Don't be tempted to use either mode of the mechanism when patching. If used, as you know, when a patch is installed, the patch cannot be deinstalled!

I'd use the 'cleanup' utility available from the ITRC Patch database (if for some reason your patch levels are old).

On 10.20, use:

# cleanup

On 11.x, use:

# cleanup -c 1

or:

# cleanup -c 2

Regards!

...JRF...

[Johannes Seippel]

...but be sure to have the PHCO_24347 s700_800 11.00 HP-UX Patch Tools and White Paper patch installed when using cleanup.

[A. Daniel King_1]

I like being able to back out. This is a very good thing (tm). I've no intention of using cleanup for some time. I've got cleanup, but I've also got the space.

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

You can set and save these options as default in "/var/adm/sw/defaults" like

a5:/var/adm/sw 118 # cat defaults
# File: /var/adm/sw/defaults
#
# Purpose: HP OpenView Software Distributor system-wide default options
#
# Header: $Header: defaults,v 5.1 95/03/04 05:05:07 hmgr Exp $
#
# Description: This file contains the customized, system-wide default
# options and behaviors for the HP OpenView Software
# Distributor (SD) commands.
#
# The file /usr/lib/sw/sys.defaults contains a complete list
# of current SD options (with their default values).

swinstall.mount_all_filesystems = false
swinstall.source_directory = /cdrom
swinstall.source_cdrom = /cdrom
swinstall.verbose = 0
swinstall.patch_save_files = false

#swmodify.patch_commit = true

swremove.mount_all_filesystems = false
swremove.verbose = 0
swremove.software_view = products

swconfig.mount_all_filesystems = false
a5:/var/adm/sw 119 #

The "mount_all_filesystems" is very handy if you have NFS mounts in /etc/fstab