The released patches for a given package all have sequence numbers, and patches should be applied in order of increasing sequence number. Other dependencies (including cross-application dependencies) will be explicitly noted in the patch description. For routines, the patches that have been applied SHOULD (it is a requirement) be listed on the second line. A handy tool for checking routine 2nd lines is D ^%ZTP1. You can also compare checksums if you have doubts. KIDS stores checksum internally to validate the vontents of a patch, but at present, your most reliable way of checking othe components may just be to use the KIDS option to compare th distribution with what is on the system. Finally, you can look at the PACKAGE and BUILD files to see what has been loaded and/or installed.
You occasionally find circular dependencies and other problems that require a little more thought (and VistA knowledge) to resolve, but this isn't supposed to happen. Oh, and patching is A PAIN IN THE NECK. There are applications with 600+ patches, and I sincerely hope WorldVistA does something to get this madness under control. --- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I have avoided this point for at least a year, but this I need > to learn how to patch my system. I have set up a parallel practice > system that I can play around in. > > So questions: > How do I know what patches should be applied? > How do I read the patching numbers? It seems that they don't go in > numeric order? > How do I know what patches have already been applied to my system? > > Is there a document I should be reading? > > One point to start might be with the patching needed to get the GUI > working that nurses can use to enter vitals with, separate from CPRS. > > Thanks > Kevin > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > Download > it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own > Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Without the requirement of mathematical aesthetics a great many discoveries would not have been made." -- Albert Einstein ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
