Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Managing Patches
Patch-Related Features
Chapter 5168
• allow_split_patches=false
Permits the independent management of individual patch filesets
within a patch product. This option should be used only to resolve
critical problems when directed by your HP support representative.
Applies to swinstall, swcopy, and swremove.
• autoselect_patches=true
Automatically selects the latest patches (if any) for a software object
that you have selected for a swinstall or swcopy operation. (Selection
is based on the patch object’s supersedes and ancestor attributes.)
The default value is true. The patches must reside in the same depot
as the selected software.
This option is useful for installing patches at the same time that you
install the base software to which the patches apply.
You can use this option with the patch_filter option to limit your
automatic patch selection.
Applies to swask, swinstall, and swcopy.
• level=
Controls the depth of swlist output. When set to the value patch,
swlist lists patches and their patch_state (applied, committed,
superseded, or committed/superseded) for each ancestor fileset.
This option is equivalent to the -l patch command-line option.
Applies to swlist only.
swlist level=patch (equivalent to -l patch)
patch_one_liner=title patch state
show_superseded_patches=false
swmodify patch_commit=false
swremove allow_split_patches=false
Table 5-2 Patch Options Listed by Corresponding Command (Continued)
Command Patch Option