Adding And Removing Individual Patches - HP -UX 11i Installation And Update Manual

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Adding and Removing Individual Patches

Adding and Removing Individual Patches
If you migrated to HP-UX 11i via the update-ux command (Chapter 2),
all previous OS patches were automatically removed from the system. If
your new OS or OE requires any new patches, they can be installed from
the HP-UX Support Plus media (see "HP-UX Patching Resources" on
page 78). For a list of previous patches incorporated into 11i, see the file:
/usr/share/doc/sw_patches.txt
New or replacement patches may be required as dependencies for
application software installed on your system. Before removing a patch
or a patch bundle, determine the dependencies required by the installed
software. This information can be found in the Release Notes for the
products and the readme files for patches. If necessary, you may have to
remove some installed software from your system.
To remove any patches from your system, first determine which patches
are installed. They may vary depending on system configuration and OS
type (32-bit or 64-bit). To display installed patches, enter:
/usr/sbin/swlist -l patch \*.\*,c=patch
To preview the removal analysis, enter:
/usr/sbin/swremove -p patch_name1 patch_name2 ...
Patch dependencies must be interpreted manually from the patch
documents.
For help on adding patches, see the Software Distributor Administration
Guide, available on the HP-UX 11i Instant Information CD and on the
Web:
docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11i/
General guidelines for patching HP-UX are provided in the HP-UX
11.0/11i Software Transition Kit:
devresource.hp.com/STK/hpuxpatch.html
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