SUMMARY: patchkit vs. build level (BL)

From: Jonathan Burelbach <jburelba_at_topaz.cit.nih.gov>
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 16:08:45 -0400

I should have summarized this before, but these are the responses
I got:

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From: "Richard L Jackson Jr" <rjackson_at_portal.gmu.edu>

DU 4.0D:
BL10 is patch kit #2
BL11 is patch kit #3
BL12 is patch kit #4, the latest release

BTW, BL stands for Build Level.

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Regards,
Richard Jackson
Computer Center Lead Engineer
Mgr, Central Systems & Dept. UNIX Consulting
University Computing & Information Systems (UCIS)
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
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From: Steve Hancock <shancock_at_zk3.dec.com>
Hi Jon,
There is no relationship. You just have to know which is which. I
think the BL stands for Build Level.
The 4.0D, Bl12 kit is most recent patch kit #4.
Here's a quick table I put together:
Tru64 version    PK #       BL      Notes
-------------    -----      -----   ---------
V4.0D            1           1      sorta like 9
                 2          10
                 3          11
                 4          12      latest released
                 5          13      not released yet
V4.0E            1           1      sorta like 11
                 2          12      latest released
                 3          13      not released yet
V4.0F            1           1      sorta like 12, latest released
                 2          13      not released yet
Hope this helps.
Steve
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From: "Lavelle, Bryan" <Bryan.Lavelle_at_COMPAQ.com>
Jonathan,
That would be patch kit 4 for 4.0d.  I don't know of any publicly published
document that maps the BL numbers to patch kit numbers.
Bryan
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From: "John J. Francini" <francini_at_progress.com>
I wish they (Compaq) would either make the Baselevel number scheme public
or bury it completely.  It's an internal number that indicates a particular
"snapshot" of the OS software with a given collection of patches installed.
These get transmorgrified into a cumulative Patch Kit.  I think that BL12
corresponds to 4.0D patch kit 2.
                 
If you pull the most recent patch kit from Compaq's support site for 4.0D
and install it in its entirery, you will have all the patches needed for
Oracle support.
Hope this helps,
                 
John
John Francini, francini_at_progress.com
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From: Stephen L LaBelle <labelles_at_mscd.edu>
Hi,
If you look at the patch notes it should actually include the build level.
They seem to have multiple definitions of a patch kit.
Build level is supposed to be used to help equate fixes applied to various
revs of TRU 64 unix (ie V4.0D, V4.0E, V4.0F).
        V4.0D with Patch Kit 4 is Bld 12
        V4.0E with Patch Kit 2 is Bld 12
                and so on...
Load patch kit #4 for V4.0D and you will be set.
                                                        Steve
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From: "Sherman, Daniel (CSC)" <Daniel.Sherman_at_COMPAQ.com>
Build 12 for 40d = pk4
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