| Title and Copyright Information |
| About This Manual |
| Audience |
| Organization |
| Related Documentation |
| Reader's Comments |
| 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 |