Re: [pca] Solaris Update Patch Bundle updates /etc/release

2010-09-08 Thread Rajiv Gunja
Don, Thanks for explaining the reasoning. Yes, I understand that it is a private patch and is part of a bundle. My question was, should we look into installing it on our system after I determine that all other patches in the bundle is already present? Or should we stay away from installing that

Re: [pca] Solaris Update Patch Bundle updates /etc/release

2010-09-08 Thread Don O'Malley
Hi Rajiv, Short answer is that you should not install it manually, as like I said previously, /etc/release is only updated by this patch if the Patch Bundle itself is installed (via the installcluster script). We have extensively tested this set of patches (and the install script) and so that

Re: [pca] Solaris Update Patch Bundle updates /etc/release

2010-09-06 Thread Martin Paul
Rajiv Gunja wrote: That was one of the hurdles I met when I wanted to get php, mysql and apache on my U4 server. The SUN package would not install, as it looked at /etc/release and did not take into consideration that the U4 was patched to U8 level. Oh, I didn't know that. For that using the

Re: [pca] Solaris Update Patch Bundle updates /etc/release

2010-09-06 Thread Glenn Satchell
On 09/06/10 19:43, Martin Paul wrote: Rajiv Gunja wrote: That was one of the hurdles I met when I wanted to get php, mysql and apache on my U4 server. The SUN package would not install, as it looked at /etc/release and did not take into consideration that the U4 was patched to U8 level. Oh, I

Re: [pca] Solaris Update Patch Bundle updates /etc/release

2010-09-03 Thread Martin Paul
Rajiv Gunja wrote: Interesting, will look into that bundle and may be add the patch using a wrapper, only if the requirement is satisfied. What do you think? Should I add it via wrapper? Do not know if you want to handle it via pca. I'm not sure how I could handle that in pca. As the relevant

Re: [pca] Solaris Update Patch Bundle updates /etc/release

2010-09-02 Thread Rajiv Gunja
Interesting, will look into that bundle and may be add the patch using a wrapper, only if the requirement is satisfied. What do you think? Should I add it via wrapper? Do not know if you want to handle it via pca. I am sure that bundle will change every 3 or 4 months depending on the patch bundle

[pca] Solaris Update Patch Bundle updates /etc/release

2010-09-01 Thread Rajiv Gunja
Martin, I just noticed this on Solaris Patch Update Aug 2010. --- http://blogs.sun.com/patch/resource/Oracle_Solaris_Patch_Update_Aug_2010.pdf *(PAGE 69)* --- Solaris Update Patch Bundles now update /etc/release to make it easier to identify that a system has been patched to the

Re: [pca] Solaris Update Patch Bundle updates /etc/release

2010-09-01 Thread Glenn Satchell
On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 10:14:50PM -0400, Rajiv Gunja wrote: Martin, I just noticed this on Solaris Patch Update Aug 2010. --- http://blogs.sun.com/patch/resource/Oracle_Solaris_Patch_Update_Aug_2010.pdf *(PAGE 69)* --- Solaris Update Patch Bundles now update /etc/release to