Software Distributor Administration Guide for HP-UX 11i

Command Options
Options Listed Alphabetically
Appendix A 427
When set to the default value of false, installation or copy of a single
fileset from a multi-fileset patch automatically includes other,
“sibling” filesets that are appropriate, based on the target’s ancestor
attributes. This behavior applies to any filesets you select directly
and to filesets automatically selected to meet dependencies for a
patch filesets. Likewise, removing a fileset when this option is false
causes sibling filesets to be removed at the same time.
When set to true, this option allows a single patch fileset to be
installed, copied, or removed to or from a target without dragging
along sibling filesets (that is, filesets that have an ancestor on the
target that would usually be loaded if this option was set to false).
This allows a target to contain a patch that has been “split” into
component filesets. This can create harmful results if one fileset in a
sibling group is updated while others remain at an earlier release.
Running a swlist on the target after using this option may show more
than one active patch active at one time. This makes your system
more difficult to maintain and troubleshoot.
Applies to swcopy, swinstall, and swremove.
• alternate_source=
Syntax is host:path, used when use_alternate_source default is
set to true.
By default, this option is not defined. If the host portion is not
specified, the local host is used. If the path is not specified, the path
sent by the command is used. See the use_alternate_source
option.
The protocol sequence and endpoint given by the option
rpc_binding_info_alt_source are used when the agent attempts
to contact an alternate source depot.
Applies only to swagent.
• ask=true
Executes a request script, which asks for a user response.
The ask option has three possible values;
true (Default for swask) Executes the request script (if
one exists for the selected software) and stores the
user response in a file named response.