SUMMARY: Patch version confusion

From: Mark B. Hamby (mark@leav-156-100.army.mil)
Date: Wed Aug 16 1995 - 15:21:26 CDT


I asked for wisdom on:
>
> Question: Several NeWSprint 2.5 Rev B patches (101656-06,101941-01,102113-03)
> list Solaris release 2.1-2.3, but not 2.4. Do I need to apply these patches
> to my 2.4 system if I have NeWSprint 2.5 Rev B installed?
>

NeWSprint-specific answer:

> From: celeste@stokely.com (Celeste Stokely)
>
> I'm running Solaris 2.4 with Newsprint 2.5 and needed 1 more patch or
> the queue would hang forever. Here's what I loaded, on Sun's advice.
>
> Patch: 102113-03 Obsoletes: Packages: SUNWsteNP.2 2.5,PATCH=9
> Patch: 101656-06 Obsoletes: Packages: SUNWsteNP.3 2.5,PATCH=5
> Patch: 101941-01 Obsoletes: Packages: SUNWsteNP.4 2.5,PATCH=6
> Patch: 102211-02 Obsoletes: Packages: SUNWsteNP.5 2.5,PATCH=12
>
> Works great, now!
>
> ..Celeste Stokely, Unix System Administration Consultant, Stokely Consulting

General answer:

> From: Anatoly.Lisovsky@kamaz.kazan.su (Anatoly M. Lisovsky)
>
> Do'nt be afraid to try patches, because installpatch script is intelligent.
> You will get some like "patch is not applicable"
>
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Thanks,

Mark Hamby
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