patchadd does not prevent out-of-sync situation, where dependencies to other patches are missing.
for example the log of patchadd 120272-13. in a subset of zones the ku patch 118833-36 does not exist but the patch has been successfully installed in the global zone and other zones, this is a real problem! and the return code of patchadd dryrun is zero in this situation. Approved patches will be installed in this order: 120272-13 Preparing checklist for non-global zone check... Checking non-global zones... The following requested patches rejected on non-global zone. Entire installation is possible but those patches will not be installed on non-global zone. psc-201n: For patch 120272-13, required patch 118833-36 does not exist. eule-201n: For patch 120272-13, required patch 118833-36 does not exist. kops-201n: For patch 120272-13, required patch 118833-36 does not exist. kops-227n: For patch 120272-13, required patch 118833-36 does not exist. lsorui-218n: For patch 120272-13, required patch 118833-36 does not exist. This patch passes the non-global zone check. None. Summary for zones: Zone ksp-200n Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: 120272-13 Zone efz-200n Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: None. Zone efz-201n Rejected patches: None. Patches that passed the dependency check: None. Zone psc-201n Rejected patches: 120272-13 Patches that passed the dependency check: None. Zone eule-201n Rejected patches: 120272-13 Patches that passed the dependency check: None. Zone kops-201n Rejected patches: 120272-13 Patches that passed the dependency check: None. Zone kops-227n Rejected patches: 120272-13 Patches that passed the dependency check: None. Zone lsorui-218n Rejected patches: 120272-13 Patches that passed the dependency check: None. Patching global zone Adding patches... Checking installed patches... Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)... Installing patch packages... Patch 120272-13 has been successfully installed. See /var/sadm/patch/120272-13/log for details Mario This message posted from opensolaris.org
