- #NUPS PATCHER THE PATCH DOES NOT MATCH THE FILE INSTALL#
- #NUPS PATCHER THE PATCH DOES NOT MATCH THE FILE UPDATE#
In this example, both the original packages and their patches exist This is the new patch architecture, which is called Direct Instance Patching. That same checkinstall script also updates some other patch-specific parameters. When a patch is delivered, each package within the patch containsĪ checkinstall script that performs this task.
#NUPS PATCHER THE PATCH DOES NOT MATCH THE FILE UPDATE#
These lines (and their format) are declared as a public interface.Īny company that ships patches for Solaris packages should update this listĪppropriately. This list of patches is also recorded in the pkginfo file with a line that might look like this. Ī patch info list is the list of patches on which the current patch
This list of patches is recorded in the installed package in the pkginfo file with a line that might look like this: PATCHLIST= patch_id patch_id. List, and then inserts them into the response file for incorporation intoĪ patch list is the list of patches that have affected the current package. Is appropriate for this particular package. The checkinstall script verifies that the patch
#NUPS PATCHER THE PATCH DOES NOT MATCH THE FILE INSTALL#
This method of patching can be used to patch client systems, butĬlient root directories on the server must have the correct permissions toĪllow reading by the user install or nobody. The scripts are fairly simple and their various tasks Those two scripts canīe incorporated into the backout package, if you want to include the ability The exception of the last two which are named patch_checkinstall and patch_postinstall. All of them are recognizable as standard package components with Scripts described in the following sections can simply be folded into the In order to make a regular sparse package into a patch package, the Two different patch numbers cannot change the same file. Individual patch numbers represent a subset of functionally related files Scheme carries some meaning when applied to a single package. In the next sections assume that there may be multiple patches whose numbering You can also monitor patch history by setting appropriateĮnvironment variables through the request scripts. (or to some other, more permanent directory) in order to allow backing out Scripts and various other procedure scripts, you can save changed files using Impact since they are not stored on the target file system.
The installation scripts can be quite large without significant However, if your package (that is not part of the Solaris operatingĮnvironment) needs to determine the patch level of a particular package that is part of the Solaris operating environment, this becomes a problem In order to removeĪn object from an installed package (using the removefĬommand) you need to figure out what instances own that file. The early releases of the Solaris operating environment, but makes managementĪs far as the packages that make up the Solaris operating environmentĪre concerned, there should be only one copy of the package in the packageĭatabase, although there may be multiple patched instances. This method of progressive instance patching carried certain advantages in Of the package and it becomes extremely difficult to manage the patched product. If the package version is changed for a patch, you create another instance Of the package using a separate pkginfo file entry of the You should keep track of the patch status It is crucial that the version number of the patch package be the sameĪs that of the original package. It is necessary to be able to back out a patch. Sun patch base numbers are assigned mutually exclusive sets of files for which Same file in an attempt to correct different aberrant behaviors. Patch identification system which assures that no two patches replace the If the system is complex enough, it is wise to establish a A patch is used to repair objects installed on the system. The package-it is not a mechanism for installing Review the following guidelines regardingĪ patch must not change the intended delivered behavior of
As long as only those new files are actuallyĭifferent (the other files were not recompiled), the pkgaddĬommand installs the differences. You could also ship theĮntire original package with a few files changed, or provide access to the Package except to save space on the delivery medium. There is no real reason for shipping a sparse A patch to a package is just a sparse package designed to overwriteĬertain files in the original.