Install Sun patch 112438-02 on Solaris 8 failed

From: Melissa Young (thesunlover2002@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 11 2003 - 15:43:03 EST


Hi,

I could not install Sun patch 112438-02 for Solaris 8.
Don't know why and could not find any similar problem
on google.

Here are what happened:

my_system-root:/tmp/112438-02# showrev -p | grep
112438
my_system-root:/tmp/112438-02#
my_system-root:/tmp/112438-02# unzip 112438-02.zip

UNZIP File Decompression Utility Version 4.09
(large file enabled).
Copyright (c) 2000 Computronics. All Rights Reserved.
Searching ZIP: 112438-02.zip
  Deflating: postpatch
  Deflating: postbackout
  Deflating: .dipatch
  Deflating: patchinfo
  Deflating: pkgmap
  Deflating: pkginfo
  Deflating: checkinstall
  Deflating: copyright
  Deflating: i.none
  Deflating: patch_checkinstall
  Deflating: patch_postinstall
  Deflating: postinstall
  Deflating: preinstall
  Deflating: random
UNZIP: Warning! file: pkgmap already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: pkgmap
UNZIP: Warning! file: pkginfo already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: pkginfo
UNZIP: Warning! file: checkinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: checkinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: copyright already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: copyright
  Deflating: i.devlinktab
  Deflating: i.minorperm
UNZIP: Warning! file: i.none already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: i.none
UNZIP: Warning! file: patch_checkinstall already
exists. Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: patch_checkinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: patch_postinstall already
exists. Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: patch_postinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: postinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: postinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: preinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: preinstall
 Extracting: u.devlinktab
 Extracting: u.minorperm
  Deflating: devlink.tab
  Deflating: minor_perm
UNZIP: Warning! file: random already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: random
  Deflating: random.conf
UNZIP: Warning! file: pkgmap already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?
UNZIP: Warning! file: postinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: postinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: preinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: preinstall
  Deflating: random.h
UNZIP: Warning! file: pkgmap already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: pkgmap
UNZIP: Warning! file: pkginfo already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: pkginfo
UNZIP: Warning! file: checkinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: checkinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: copyright already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: copyright
UNZIP: Warning! file: i.none already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: i.none
UNZIP: Warning! file: patch_checkinstall already
exists. Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: patch_checkinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: patch_postinstall already
exists. Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: patch_postinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: postinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: postinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: preinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: preinstall
  Deflating: random.so
UNZIP: Warning! file: pkgmap already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: pkgmap
UNZIP: Warning! file: pkginfo already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: pkginfo
UNZIP: Warning! file: checkinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: checkinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: copyright already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: copyright
UNZIP: Warning! file: i.none already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: i.none
UNZIP: Warning! file: patch_checkinstall already
exists. Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: patch_checkinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: patch_postinstall already
exists. Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: patch_postinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: postinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: postinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: preinstall already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: preinstall
UNZIP: Warning! file: random.so already exists.
Overwrite (y/n)?y
  Deflating: random.so
  Deflating: random.readme
  Deflating: readme.112438-02

my_system-root:/tmp/112438-02# patchadd /tmp/112438-02

Patch directory /tmp/112438-02 is not valid.
Usage: patchadd [-u] [-d] [-B <backout_dir>]
                    [-S <service> | -R
<client_root_path>]
                    [-C <net_install_image>] <patch>

       patchadd [-u] [-d] [-B <backout_dir>]
                    [-S <service> | -R
<client_root_path>]
                    [-C <net_install_image>]
                    -M patch_dir patch_id... |
patch_dir patch_list

       patchadd [-S <service> | -R <client_root_path>]

                    [-C <net_install_image>] -p

Patchadd is terminating.
my_system-root:/tmp/112438-02#

Would you please help!

Thank you much in advance!

Melissa Young

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