Summary: How to determine which patches were installed.

From: Morningstar1, Bob <bob.morningstar1_at_aopa.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 08:23:00 -0800

     
     Once again, the value of this mailing list shines brightly:
     
     The question was:
     
     I need to install Jumbo Patch 6, but there is a cavaet about
     deinstalling patch DUV40BSS0000500022600-19971014 prior to installing
     the jumbo patch.
     
     How do I determine if this patch was applied? I tried setld -i and it
     tells me a great deal about the installed patches to various setld's
     but I still can't determine if this patch was applied.
     
     
     The answers were all valid and usable:
     
     1.
     If you logged the last patches you installed, you can look in
     /usr/var/adm/patch/ for the logs. If not, see if there might be clues
     in /usr/.smbd./
     
     2.
     The following snippet will enable you to know from what patch kits the
     patches installed on your system came from.
     
     Prompt> cat `/bin/ls /usr/.smdb./OSFPAT*.lk | sed 's/.lk/.ctrl/'` |
     grep NAME= | sort -u
     NAME='Patches for Digital UNIX V4.0B
     (DUV40BAS00005-19971009,09-Oct-1997:16:55:44)'
     
     3.
     You must use dupatch (of DUV40BSS0000500022600-19971014).
     
     After you have launched it, choose 'Patch tracking' (4) , then 'List
     installed patches' (2).
     
     
     Thanks for all the help,
     Bob
Received on Wed Jan 21 1998 - 14:41:20 NZDT

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