HP-UX 11i June 2001 Release Notes

Installation
SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation
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plus various version qualifiers, you can select patches based on
pre-defined criteria.
Category Tag Information
With 11i, SD-UX category tags are used to identify types of patches.
These category tags can be used to select various patches for installation.
Some of the category tags are:
general_release
critical
hardware_enablement
defect_repair
corruption
enhancement
memory_leak
panic
halts_system
By specifying the category (c) tag in the SD-UX version specification, you
can select all patches that contain that specific category tag. For
example, using the SD-UX command line interface, if you wanted to
select all patches in the depot that correspond to currently installed
software and that contain the category tag “critical,” you would enter:
swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true \
-x patch_filter=”*.*,c=critical” -s d
epot_name
By using the pipe (|) function, you can combine category tags. For
example, to install patches that are either critical OR
hardware_enablement:
swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true \
-x patch_filter=”*.*,c=critical|hardware_enablement” \
-s
depot_name
To preview the patches that are selected for a particular swinstall
session, the -p (preview) option can be used. The -p option will cause
SD-UX to analyze the installation, then exit (that is, the actual
installation will not be performed). Look in the
/var/adm/sw/swinstall.log file to determine which patches were
selected.
To use category tags with the SD-UX Graphical User Interface: under
the Options menu, select Manage Patch Selection. Then select the box
labeled “Automatically select patches for software installed on the