Patch/iX
John Burke
at the ITRC no longer tells you the current version of Patch/iX for your
favorite OS version.
What this means in practice is you now need to download Patch/iX every time
you want to use it - unless of course you like living life dangerously.
Bummer. The laziness of someone at HP now causes the customer to potentially
waste 10-15 minutes or so every time he wants to apply a patch.
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Mark Bixby
> I don't know when this was changed, but note that the Patch/iX download page
> at the ITRC no longer tells you the current version of Patch/iX for your
> favorite OS version.
>
> What this means in practice is you now need to download Patch/iX every time
> you want to use it - unless of course you like living life dangerously.
> Bummer. The laziness of someone at HP now causes the customer to potentially
> waste 10-15 minutes or so every time he wants to apply a patch.
Or you can just check the Patch/iX software bundle timestamps at ftp.itrc.hp.com:
C:\temp>ftp ftp.itrc.hp.com
Connected to ftp.itrc.hp.com.
220-
220-Welcome to the IT Resource Center ftp server
220-------------------------------------------------------
220-
220-You are user 34, and there is a limit of 400 simultaneous accesses.
220-
220-Log in as user "anonymous" (using your e-mail address as your password)
220-to retrieve available patches for HP-UX, MPE/iX, and other platforms.
220-
220-If you are a user of other HP ITRC services, log in with your
220-HP ITRC User ID and password to deposit or retrieve your files.
220-
220-If you have questions, send email to:
220-
220- support_...@europe-ffs.external.hp.com
220-
220 i3107ffs FTP server (HP ASL ftpd, version(322)) ready.
User (ftp.itrc.hp.com:(none)): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> dir /export/bin
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 19636
drwxr-xr-x 2 50 100 1024 Oct 10 09:31 .
drwxrwxrwx 7 50 100 96 Mar 26 1998 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 50 100 12286 Jun 14 2001 BUNDLE_hp-ux
-rwxrwxrwx 1 50 100 1780 Jun 14 2001 README_hp-ux
-rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 28672 Oct 10 09:31 cpm_collect.sh
-rwxrwxrwx 1 50 100 18014 Mar 27 1998 patch_maker
-rwxrwxrwx 1 50 100 2129408 May 22 01:44 patchix55.store
-rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 2794240 Oct 10 09:31 patchix60.store
-rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 2863872 Oct 10 09:31 patchix65.store
-rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 2190592 Oct 10 09:31 patchix70.store
-rwxrwxrwx 1 50 100 10974 May 22 01:44 unpackp
226 Transfer complete.
ftp: 792 bytes received in 0.02Seconds 49.50Kbytes/sec.
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
Hmmm... looks like things were updated within the past hour.
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ma...@bixby.org
Remainder of .sig suppressed to conserve expensive California electrons...
Michael Berkowitz
John Burke wrote:
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Well it may have, but nothing changed as shown below.
:PATCHIX VERSION << Version before downloading >>
Patch/iX Version B.02.06
:FILE PATCH70M;DEV=DISC
:RESTORE *PATCH70M;@.@.@;LOCAL;SHOW << Just downloaded after Mark's email
>>
STORE/RESTORE VERSION C.70.12 (C) 1986 HEWLETT-PACKARD CO.
RESTORE *PATCH70M;@.@.@;LOCAL;SHOW
THU, OCT 10, 2002, 10:24 AM
WILL RESTORE 9 FILES ; NUMBER OF FILES ON MEDIA 9
FILENAME GROUP ACCOUNT VOLUME RESTRICTIONS SECTORS CODE
MEDIA
ABLDINTX.INSTALL .SYS DISC :C 352 NMPRG
1
ALKEDCAT.INSTALL .SYS DISC :C 144
1
ALKEDHLP.INSTALL .SYS DISC :C 1456
1
ANTSLOPT.INSTALL .SYS DISC :C 16
1
AUTOCM .INSTALL .SYS DISC :C 48 PROG
1
AUTOLED .INSTALL .SYS DISC :C 2976 NMPRG
1
AUTOSPTH.INSTALL .SYS DISC :C 432 NMPRG
1
PATCH000.INSTALL .SYS DISC :C 1024 MGCAT
1
PATCHIX .INSTALL .SYS DISC :C 8880 NMPRG
1
FILES RESTORED : 9
:PATCHIX VERSION
Patch/iX Version B.02.06 << version after restore, same as before
>>
Mike Berkowitz
Guess? Inc.
Donna Garverick
> Or you can just check the Patch/iX software bundle timestamps at
> ftp.itrc.hp.com:
>
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 50 100 2129408 May 22 01:44 patchix55.store
> -rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 2794240 Oct 10 09:31 patchix60.store
> -rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 2863872 Oct 10 09:31 patchix65.store
> -rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 2190592 Oct 10 09:31 patchix70.store
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 50 100 10974 May 22 01:44 unpackp
it *sure* *would* be *nice* if a message came from hp whenever patch/ix was
updated. it's proactive and just plain ol' good service. - d
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Donna Garverick Sr. System Programmer
925-210-6631 dgarv...@longs.com
Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are.
"Ulysses", A. Tennyson
>>>MY opinions, not Longs Drug Stores'<<<
John Burke
patchix65.store) - number of bytes is the same and the version number after
download/extract is the same.
> From: Mark Bixby [mailto:ma...@bixby.org]
>
> John Burke wrote:
>
> > I don't know when this was changed, but note that the
> Patch/iX download page
> > at the ITRC no longer tells you the current version of
> Patch/iX for your
> > favorite OS version.
> >
> > What this means in practice is you now need to download
> Patch/iX every time
> > you want to use it - unless of course you like living life
> dangerously.
> > Bummer. The laziness of someone at HP now causes the
> customer to potentially
> > waste 10-15 minutes or so every time he wants to apply a patch.
>
>
> Or you can just check the Patch/iX software bundle timestamps
> at ftp.itrc.hp.com:
>
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 50 100 2129408 May 22 01:44
> patchix55.store
> -rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 2794240 Oct 10 09:31
> patchix60.store
> -rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 2863872 Oct 10 09:31
> patchix65.store
> -rw-r--r-- 1 50 100 2190592 Oct 10 09:31
> patchix70.store
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 50 100 10974 May 22 01:44 unpackp
> 226 Transfer complete.
> ftp: 792 bytes received in 0.02Seconds 49.50Kbytes/sec.
> ftp> quit
> 221 Goodbye.
>
> Hmmm... looks like things were updated within the past hour.
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