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About This Manual
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1    Introduction
1.1    Overview
1.1.1    Applicability of Patch Kits
1.1.2    Patch Kit Distributions
1.1.3    Patch Kit Contents
1.2    Patch Kit Packaging
1.3    Patch Kit Naming
1.4    Patch Kit Installation Requirements
 
2    Patch Management Utility
2.1    Overview of dupatch
2.2    Patch Installation and Removal
2.2.1    Patch Applicability
2.2.2    Patch Dependency Management
2.2.3    Patch Reversibility
2.2.4    Patch Installation and Removal Event Log
2.3    Viewing Patch Documentation
2.4    Viewing Patch Tracking Information
2.5    Handling Manually Installed System Files with Baselining
2.5.1    Phase 1 - System Evaluation
2.5.2    Phase 2 - Patch Layered Product Conflicts
2.5.3    Phase 3 - Identifying Manually Installed Patches
2.5.4    Phase 4 - Handling Missing or Unknown Files on Your System
2.5.4.1    Manually Installed Customer-Specific Patches
2.5.4.2    Manually Installed Official Patches
2.5.4.3    User Customized Commands and Utilities
2.5.5    Phase 5 - Enabling dupatch to Overwrite Changed System Files
2.6    Command Line User Interface
2.6.1    Using Command Line Options
2.6.2    Restriction on Loading New dupatch Tools from the Command Line
2.6.3    Command Line Interface Options
 
3    Issues and Restrictions
3.1    New Features of dupatch
3.2    When Single-User Mode Is Recommended
3.3    Impact on System Upgrades to Later Versions of Tru64 UNIX
3.4    No RIS or DMS Installation of Patches
3.5    Direct setld Installation and Removal of Patch Subsets Is Not Allowed
3.6    Limitation for /var/adm/patch/backup Directory Handling
3.7    No Ctrl/c During Installation Phase
3.8    Deleting Patches Containing Customized Files
 
4    Patch Installation and Removal Instructions
4.1    Summary of Steps for Using Patch Kits
4.2    Preparing to Install Patches
4.3    Making the Patch Distribution Available
4.4    Loading New Patch Tools
4.5    Performing Patch Preinstallation Check Instructions
4.6    Setting the System Patch Baseline
4.7    Installing and Enabling Patches
4.7.1    Choosing Single-User or Multiuser Mode
4.7.1.1    Installing Patches from Single-User Mode
4.7.1.2    Installing patches in Multiuser Mode
4.7.2    Common Installation Steps
4.8    Rebuilding the Kernel
4.8.1    Installing and Deleting Patches in Single-User Mode
4.8.2    Installing and Deleting Patches in Multiuser Mode
4.9    Removing Patches
 
5    Sample Patch Kit Installation
5.1    Sample 1: Typical Patch Kit Installation
5.2    Sample 2: Viewing the Patch Documentation
5.3    Sample 3: Tracking Patches
5.4    Sample 4: Gathering Baseline Information
5.5    Sample 5: Deleting Patches
 
6    Common Error, Warning, and Informational Messages
6.1    Patch Preinstallation Check and Installation Messages
6.1.1    Patch Installation Blocked by Unknown System File
6.1.2    Patch Installation Blocked by Missing System File
6.1.3    Installation Blocked by Layered Product Collision
6.1.4    Patch Installation Blocked by Dependencies on Other Patches
6.1.5    Patch Installation Blocked by Missing Product Subset
6.1.6    Patch Installation Blocked by Disk Space
6.2    Patch Removal Messages
6.2.1    Patch Removal Blocked by Missing Patch Backup Files
6.2.2    Patch Removal Blocked by Dependencies on Other Patches
6.2.3    No Original Files Restored When Patch Is Removed
 
A    System Upgrade Information
 
Glossary
 
Examples
2-1    Sample Event Log
 
Figures
1-1    Structure of a Patch Kit Tar File
 
Tables
A-1    Upgrade Migration
 
Index