Tim Wright writes:
> with /usr/sbin/patchadd linked to pdo, patchadd no longer seems to work with 
> a patch_order file i.e.
> patchadd -M. patch_order doesn't install anything
> patchadd -M.                    installs the patches in the current directory

For what it's worth, patchadd has known how to sort patches in
dependency order since S10 FCS.  There shouldn't be a need to generate
or provide a "patch_order" file -- just give it the directory, and
it'll figure things out.

> This means that trying to add a patch cluster in a jumpstart profile:
> 
> patch    patch_order   nfs://svr/path/to/patch/cluster
> 
> doesn't work as it is effectively doing
> patchadd -Mcluster_dir patch_order

I'm not sure what the cause of the problem might be, but since you
seem to be talking about OS patches, and there are no such things for
any OpenSolaris-based release, it sounds like you're not using such a
release, but are instead using one of the production releases of
Solaris.

If so, and if you do need explicit patch ordering, then you should get
in touch with Sun's support group and file a bug.

> Have got round this by linking patchadd back to the ksh script version ( in 
> the same dir as pdo )

Yikes!

> but I assume this may cause issues if I want to jumpstart zones?

I don't see how it could be supported.

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