Hello Managers -
I will report again on this sometime after friday.
It looks like I will try to remove the patches, and
then re-install the latest one on Friday evening.
I am still open for suggestions as to what happened,
and I have some leads from the following people:
Yaacov Fenster :
Dr. Tom Blinn, and
Dr Marco Luchini
The reason I am posting this message now(in an incomplete
solution format) is the response from Dr Marco Luchini.
This response shows that the second patch file may have
been corrupted, and that is why it did not install.
Thanks to all who replied, and I am still looking for some
information. Plus after my removal try on friday I may have
some more questions, or hopefully I will be able to report my
problem is solved.
Dr Marco Luchini replied:
> think we were using the wrong tar program - there are 2 different ones on our
> system):
>
> * A new version of patch tools required for patch management
> is now being installed on your system.
> tar: - : This doesn't look like a tar archive
> tar: - : Skipping to next file...
> setld:
> File copy to system disk failed.
That's what I thought until I tried and failed with both versions of
tar. I then realised that the Digital patch server is running Ultrix
and it doesn't automatically set "binary" on the transfer. Trying again
explicitly setting "binary" resulted in a slightly different file which
untarred just fine.
Sincerely,
Ron Bowman
Techno-Sciences, Inc.
864-646-4028
864-646-4001(fax)
rdbowma_at_tsi.clemson.edu
Received on Wed Jan 28 1998 - 20:20:56 NZDT