Install patch for snmpdx on Solaris 8
Thomas Schamberg
SUNOS 5.8. First I tried this via patchadd. This didn't work because
the patches allready existed. Therefor I removed all patches
associated with the SUNWmibii Packages and added the Package in
108869-16 afterward.
It worked all fine but for the Package SUNWmibii. I get the error
message :
PaTcH_MsG 8 Version 11.8.0,REV=2000.01.08.18.12 of SUNWmibii is not
installed on this system.
I tried to install it with :
pkgadd /var/spool/pkg/SUNWmibii
Maybe I have to install it from CD? In this case can anyone tell me
where exactly this file is.
Thank's for your help,
Thomas
Stefan Wendt @ SUN
Thomas Schamberg wrote:
>
> I tried to install the patch 108869-16 for snmpdx on a machine running
> SUNOS 5.8. First I tried this via patchadd. This didn't work because
> the patches allready existed.
Why would you want to install a patch if the same patch is already
installed?
If the patch is already installed (same base-rev), you do not need to
reinstall
it. However, you are able to "update" using a new patch with a higher
rev.
You should consider to use 108869-18, which is the latest available
revision of this
patch.
> Therefor I removed all patches
> associated with the SUNWmibii Packages and added the Package in
> 108869-16 afterwards.
YOu were trying to install the package that was shipped within the
patch?
This will not work. Patches ship deltas only, i.e. you need
to have the full package already installed on the system before you can
install a patch on it.
Also, you do not need to backout patch if you want to install a newer
revision. Simply install the newer one it. The patch dependencies
modeled in
the patch prevents you of corrupting your package (system).
Hope that helps ...
Stef
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