[pca] Question about /usr/sbin/svccfg patches

2008-11-27 Thread Thomas Bleek
Hello list, I have a small question about this program. Some days ago two patches for Solaris10 sparc with the same synopsis "svccfg & svcprop patch" came in. They both contain /usr/sbin/svccfg, but with very different dates. Patch-ID# 138241-01 Synopsis: SunOS 5.10: svccfg & svcprop patch Date

Re: [pca] Question about /usr/sbin/svccfg patches

2008-11-27 Thread Martin Paul
Thomas Bleek wrote: They both contain /usr/sbin/svccfg, but with very different dates. Thanks for bringing this up - I had noticed it as well, but was too busy for closer investigation. Installing the one with the newer timestamp might be better, but as both binaries could contain fixes/cha

Re: [pca] Question about /usr/sbin/svccfg patches

2008-11-27 Thread Jan Holzhueter
Martin Paul schrieb: > >> BTW The patchdiag.xref is 9 days old now! > > Could be because of Thanksgiving, but updates have been sporadic before > that, too. They are probably busy fixing all the problems with this last Kernel Patch :) So I guess with the next Patch Update we have to download th

Re: [pca] Question about /usr/sbin/svccfg patches

2008-11-27 Thread Dagobert Michelsen
Hi Rajiv, Am 27.11.2008 um 12:36 schrieb Rajiv Gunja: Last I read on sunsolve and bigadmin, SUN no longer wants to do large patches. They want to release smaller patches which fixes 1 particular thing than have 1 huge one fixing a lot of related issues. They called it rejuvenation patch.

Re: [pca] Question about /usr/sbin/svccfg patches

2008-11-27 Thread Rajiv Gunja
Last I read on sunsolve and bigadmin, SUN no longer wants to do large patches. They want to release smaller patches which fixes 1 particular thing than have 1 huge one fixing a lot of related issues. They called it rejuvenation patch. It looks like a good idea, but I worry about the increase in th

Re: [pca] Question about /usr/sbin/svccfg patches

2008-11-27 Thread Martin Paul
Thomas Bleek wrote: The older file gets installed last by pca. I missed the fact that 138241-01 requires 138217-01, so there's at least a defined relationship between the patches - you can only install them in one order. Sun is looking into the issue as to why the file in the later patch ha

Re: [pca] Question about /usr/sbin/svccfg patches

2008-11-28 Thread Martin Paul
Martin Paul wrote: Thomas Bleek wrote: The older file gets installed last by pca. I missed the fact that 138241-01 requires 138217-01, so there's at least a defined relationship between the patches - you can only install them in one order. Sun is looking into the issue as to why the file i