[SunHELP] Patch installation problem

[Jeremy Towers]

Hi peter,

it might also be that you failed to copy the dot file (hidden) can't 
remember the name but it is needed.

Regards

Jeremy

Peter Stokes wrote:

>Hi
>
>This worked if I unzipped
>
>unzip 108528_13.zip
>
>and then
>
>patchadd 108528-13
>
>Note the change in file name from 108528_13.zip to 108528-13, this was what
>caused all of the problems in the first place as the windows unzip had
>created a directory of 108528_13 instead of 108528-13.
>
>Thanks
>
>Peter
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
>Behalf Of Chanaka Mendis
>Sent: 06 March 2002 08:41
>To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Patch installation problem
>
>
>Peter Stokes wrote:
>
>>Hi All
>>
>>Well this should be simple, but I cannot get the correct syntax for the
>>patchadd under Sol 8.
>>
>>I have downloaded a patch which is in .zip format and I have put that
>>
>patch
>
>>+ unzipped version onto a CDROM.
>>
>>I put the CDROM into a Blade 100 and try
>>
>>patchadd /cdrom/new/patch/108528_13 <- this is the unzipped directory
>>
>>This results in a failure with test saying no argument
>>
>>I then try with
>>
>>patchadd -R /cdrom/new/patch 108528_13
>>
>>This says it cannot find INST_RELEASE file
>>
>>Will someone put me out of my misery, I am used to installing the clusters
>>and the old 2.6 type installs and never had to use patchadd, what am I
>>
>doing
>
>>wrong?
>>
>>Also why are the patches in .zip as opposed to .gz format?
>>
>>Peter
>>
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>
>Hi,
>
>Copy that 108528_13.zip file to /tmp
>
>Go to /tmp dir
>unzip 108528_13.zip
>
>then try patchadd 108528_13
>
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