will patchadd/installpatch check for pre-requisite packages & advise reboot

From: Gold Sun (goldsun8@yahoo.com.sg)
Date: Wed May 04 2005 - 12:01:28 EDT

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Hi,
 
Probably a basic question :
 
a)will patchadd/installpatch checks if existing packages
   is present before it install the patch, eg: check if TIFF
   package is present in the system before it applies the
   patch for TIFF (such as patch 114219-11 for Solaris 9)?
   What about installpatch?
 
b)will patchadd/installpatch prompt/advise us to reboot
   the system after patching or we're expected to do
   this by default for the patch to take effect?
 
Lastly, if I were to take a backup prior to applying a
patch, what backup would you suggest,
"ufsdump of the root partition & /var partition?
 
 
Thanks again,
G Sun

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