HP-UX 11i June 2004 Release Notes

Installation
Software Distributor
Chapter 8
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Change in swlist Hides Superseded Patches by Default
In 11.0, swlist shows all installed patches including superseded ones. However, the 11i
default behavior is not to show superseded patches. This can be overcome, returning to
11.0 standard behavior, by setting -x show_superseded_patches=true on the swlist
command line or in the defaults files.
64-bit Capability Determined from System, Not
/etc/.supported_bits
In 11.0, SD-UX reads the /etc/.supported_bits file to map model strings to either
32-, 32/64-, or 64-bit capability. From time to time, synchronization breakdowns between
the model command and the contents of /etc/.supported_bits have created trouble on
64-bit systems.
To prevent synchronization breakdowns, SD-UX in 11i has changed to get the necessary
information directly from the system, rather than using a look-up table.
CD Searched For Only When Requested
With the release of 11.0, SD-UX introduced the automatic discovery and mounting of a
CD However, SD-UX always looked for the CD even if that was not what was wanted.
This made the start-up of the GUI slower than necessary.
While the functionality is still available in the GUI, SD-UX now only performs this
action when you push a new button in the Source Dialog called “Find Local CD.”
GUI Streamlined
For 11i, the SD-UX GUI requires fewer confirmations. It has been streamlined to reduce
the number of verification and informational popups.
Products Rather than Bundles Shown After Auto-Selection
In 11.0, GUI software selection using “Match What Target Has” or “Automatically select
patches for software installed on target” could be confusing because the products in the
bundles were not automatically marked for selection in the GUI.
The new 11i behavior provides a product-level view that shows which software has been
matched. After inspecting the results of the automatic selection, you can then continue
with the installation or change the view back to a bundle level.
See “SD-UX Changes to Patch Installation” on page 190 for details.
Software Groups Added to GUI
The -f option to swinstall, swremove, swcopy and swlist, which has allowed users to
specify collections of software through a file, has been incorporated into the GUI. New
actions have been added to allow SD-UX GUI users to save selected software in a
“Software Group” (which creates a group) and to select that “Software Group” in
subsequent sessions.