SUMMARY update: Patch kit 6

From: Rich Glazier (rglazier2002@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 11 2003 - 12:09:07 EST


I installed PK 6 two days ago with no issues. Running
fine.

--- Rich Glazier <rglazier2002@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It sounds like no real known issues with PK6. There
> was an item mentioned on this list in another
> subject
> about the change in the find command. I have run a
> sys_check -escalate and saved off all the system
> files
> (including crontab). I will be installing the patch
> kit tonight. If I encounter any issus I'll update
> the
> list.
>
> ------------------
> Iain Barker
>
> Nothing listed so far:
>
>
http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/patch/tu_update/TITLE.HTM
>
> -----------------------
>
> Andy Cohen
>
> Rich,
>
> I have an 800 and a DS20 that were at PK4 and PK5
> respectively. We
> apparently encountered a memory-related bug that
> required us to go to PK6.
> The 2 problems I ran into were:
>
> 1) on the 800 a missing genvmunix prevented a
> security-related patch
> (#2084?) from being installed. There were a number
> of
> other patches that
> then failed to install because they required this
> primary patch. I
> copied genvmunix from the installation CD, reran
> dupatch, and everything
> loaded.
>
> 2) on the DS20 we changed root's crontab (as many
> people do) and this
> caused dupatch to keep from installing the same
> patch
> (2084) which in
> turn prevented many other patches from getting
> installed. I baselined
> the system, reran dupatch, and everything went in.
> However, dupatch
> overwrote root's crontab with it's own from PK6 so
> we
> lost what we had put
> in. Moral of the story: know what you're baseling
> and
> save copies of
> what gets overwritten if you need them.
>
> While these aren't really issues with the PK per-se
> I'm passing this on
> in case they help you in any way.
>
> hth,
> Andy
>
> ---------------------------
>
> Sandy Test
>
> Hi:
> I installed the patch kit 6 three days ago, and so
> far
> so good. I did have to do a base-line before
> installing the patch. I also asked our hp support
> person for "known issues", and she told me that she
> hadn't heard of any.
> Sandy
>
>
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