Solaris x86 10 u1 (01/06) Update manager showing obsolete patches
I installed 10 u1 (01/06) the other day. I ran the Update Manager and I *think* there were 8 patches, so I attempted to install them.
Only one of them successfully installed (118966-12), six of them show up in /var/sadm/spool/disallwed_patch_list_report:
STATUS INSTALL BEGIN 119076-10
Transition old-style patching.
STATUS INSTALL END 119076-10 INSTALL.6
STATUS INSTALL BEGIN 119833-02
Transition old-style patching.
STATUS INSTALL END 119833-02 INSTALL.6
STATUS INSTALL BEGIN 120470-02
Transition old-style patching.
STATUS INSTALL END 120470-02 INSTALL.6
STATUS INSTALL BEGIN 120082-07
Transition old-style patching.
STATUS INSTALL END 120082-07 INSTALL.6
STATUS INSTALL BEGIN 120666-01
Transition old-style patching.
STATUS INSTALL END 120666-01 INSTALL.6
STATUS INSTALL BEGIN 119684-02
Transition old-style patching.
STATUS INSTALL END 119684-02 INSTALL.6
And the last one (120041-02) failed.
Anyway, I was grep'ing patchadd -p for some of these and it looks like the ones I checked have been obsoleted by other patches (I didn't check them all, maybe 3).
So, why do they still show up in Update Manager? Or am I missing something (very possible, I'm not a sysadmin, I use this machine for development).
# 2
The same problem:
smpatch analyze
119076-10 SunOS 5.10_x86: ip Patch
119833-02 SunOS 5.10_x86: gld patch
120082-07 SunOS 5.10_x86: bge patch
120666-01 SunOS 5.10_x86: busra patch
119684-02 SunOS 5.10_x86: lib/svc/bin/svc.configd Patch
120470-02 SunOS 5.10_x86: kerberos patch
120041-02 SunOS 5.10_x86: ata patch
patchadd -p | egrep "119076|119833|120082|120666|119684|120470|120041"
Patch: 118844-26 Obsoletes: 117462-04 118549-01 118552-03 118847-01 118851-02 118860-01 118993-03 119206-01 119208-01 119565-01 119830-01 119859-02 120320-01 118863-01 119590-03 119720-01 118922-07 119076-12 119946-03 119952-01 120014-02 120029-02 120132-01 120363-01 118924-03 119684-02 119833-02 119948-02 119950-02 119991-01 119995-01 120067-01 120082-07 120303-01 120470-02 120666-01 119857-01 120041-02 118886-01 Requires: 113000-01 118344-05 119255-08 Incompatibles: Packages: ...
Now look to file "patchlist.delimited" from /var/sadm/spool/cache/Database/*.zip (this file is downloaded automaticaly and used for analysis) for patch 118844:
118844<!>20<!>SunOS 5.10_x86: kernel Patch<!>i386<!>SunOS<!>5.10<!>118344-05 <!>118851-02 118860-01 118993-03 119206-01 119208-01 119565-01 119830-01 119859-02 120320-01 118863-01 119590-03 119720-01 <!><!><!><!>BaseOS.SolarisSunIEEE1394-5.10 .... <!><!>reconfigimmediate singleuser clientroot clientusr noncontract<!><!>9361303<!>20051028<!><!>
AND:
there is recorded only 118844-20 and NOT 118844-26 in the "central update" database, therefore obsolete patch path is not resolved correctly (look at 8 field).
SOLUTION:
We must wait :-)
M.C>
