From: Ricardo \(Tru64 User\) (tru64user@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Nov 12 2003 - 14:33:11 EST
Thanks to all that replied (Dr. Tom, Bob Vickers, John
Lanier and Iain Barker) ....were the consensus seems
to be, baseline.
A snip'ed response, which included some exchange of
emails in between::
Well, I think you can simplify this since for V4.0G
there is NO intention to ever release another patch
kit, so you don't have to worry about ERP conflicts,
if some "early release patch" for V4.0G isn't in patch
kit 4, then it's not ever going to be in a patch kit.
.......snip.....
In your case, if it were my system, I'd probably
simply go ahead and tell the patch tool (dupatch) to
baseline the system and then apply the entire patch
kit (or as much of it as can be applied to your chosen
subsets); and this is assuming it's not aware that the
ERP security patches (SSRTs) are already in the kit
and can be just superceded.
Tom
ALSO suggested::
http://www.ornl.gov/lists/mailing-lists/tru64-unix-managers/2003/10/msg00212.html
--- "Ricardo (Tru64 User)" <tru64user@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I believe this has been discussed before ...and it
> is
> also on the BEST practice website (though vaguely
> explained).
>
>
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/best_practices/BP_PATCH/TITLE.HTM
> If you determine that your system contains
> Customer-Specific Patches (CPSs) or Early-Release
> Patches (ERPs), take one of the following actions:
>
> If you are unsure or know that not all installed
> CSPs
> or ERPs are included in the Release Patch Kit, do
> not
> enable dupatch to overwrite the manually installed
> Customer-Specific Patch. If you must install the
> official patch being blocked by a Customer-Specific
> Patch, contact your service provider for assistance.
>
>
> If all installed CSPs or ERPs are included in a
> Release Patch Kit, you can safely enable dupatch to
> overwrite applicable missing or unknown system
> files.
>
> This seems like an enormous task to figure out if
> all
> previous CSP's are included in the patchkit
> manually.
>
> I planning on installing patch kit 4 for Tru64 v.40G
> on Alpha 4100.
>
> What have most of you been doing, un-installing the
> CSPs and installing patchkit, baselining or simple
> install with kit without the interfering patches?
>
> _TIA
>
> Richard
>
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