I have tried to keep my duv40b alphastation up to date with the jumbo
patches. Some months aog I installed all the patches in duv40b0004 that is
relevant for the DU subsets I have installed. When I do the prerequisite
check for patch duv40b0005 I get into trouble:
>Checking patch prerequisites and patch file applicability...
> (depending upon the number of patches you select, this may take a
>while)
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Problem installing:
> "V4.0B Patch 0230.00 - Patch: uucp Command Correction
>(SSRT0296U)"
>-
>
> ./usr/sbin/uucpd is installed by:
>
> V4.0B Patch 0136.00 - Patch: libc Corrections, Security
>(SSRT0425U), (SSRT0296U)
>
> and can not be replaced by this patch.
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Problem installing:
> "V4.0B Patch 0189.00 - Patch: ddr_config Corrections" -
>
> ./etc/.mrg..sysconfigtab does not exist on your system,
> however, it is in the inventory of installed subsets.
>
> This patch can not be installed.
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am puzzled by the first problem message: I have only used dupatch to
patch this system. Wasn't it a major idea behind dupatch that one should
be able to accumulate patches easily? Would it be correct to remove patch
0136.00? (If dupatch will allow this). Or should I take the message as a
sign of something very wrong in my setup and reinstall du from scratch?
The ./etc/.mrg..sysconfigtab is in the inventory of OSFPAT00009900410. I
have not removed the file ./etc/.mrg..sysconfigtab manually. Should I try
to reinstall patch 99 (Add Support For DE500-BA 10/100 Ethernet Adapter)
or remove it? I must admit that the machine does not have a DE500-BA
10/100 Ethernet Adapter.
When I continue the prerequisite check without these patches, first
patch 227 cannot be installed:
>Checking patch prerequisites once more...
> (depending upon the number of patches you select, this may take a
>while)
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>"V4.0B Patch 0227.00 - Patch: libc Corrections, Security (SSRT0425U),
>(SSRT0296U)"
>requires the existence of the following un-installed/un-selected
>subset(s):
>
> V4.0B Patch 0230.00 - Patch: uucp Command Correction (SSRT0296U)
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
And then, when I continue the prerequisite check without patch 227 almost
all the other patches fail.
Yours sincerely
Niels Jørgen Kokholm | email: kokholm_at_math.ku.dk
Matematisk Institut | phone: +45 3532 0759/+45 2128 6932
Universitetsparken 5 | fax: +45 3532 0704
DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark | www:
http://www.math.ku.dk/~kokholm
Received on Thu Oct 09 1997 - 13:29:41 NZDT