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is_drd_safe Attribute Policy
Release Package
Type
Policy
11i v2 Patches
Attribute does not need to be set for 11i v2 patches.
Though all new HP-UX 11i v2 patches (that is, patches created
after November 1, 2004) must be DRD-safe, they are not required
to set the is_drd_safe attribute. All existing patches have
been checked and all but a small subset have been verified to be
safe. The small subset of unsafe patches will be handled
internally. As a result, even though the patches will not have the
attribute set, they will be assumed to be safe (that is, the attribute
defaults to true for 11i v2 patches). All other packages have a
default of false. This difference in behavior for 11i v2 patches
has been introduced to allow existing 11i v2 patches (most of
which are safe) to be installed in a runcmd environment without
requiring the patches to be superseded just to set the attribute.
11i v2 Products If a product (non-patch) has been validated to be DRD-safe, the
is_drd_safe attribute should be set to true for all filesets
within the product; otherwise, it should not be set for any of the
filesets.
11i v3
(and
later)
All
packages
Required to be true for almost all HP-created software—patches,
OE contents, and all other software. Exceptions are firmware
patches and a few OpenView products.