HP-UX 11i Version 2 March 2004 Release Notes

General System Administration

Update-UX

Chapter 5

Performance

Java Swing behavior may cause navigational inconsistencies when running SPB through

an X emulator. If your mouse click behavior setting is too slow, it can prevent SPB from

buffering all mouse clicks. This could potentially lead to data loss. The SPB product

release notes contain a detailed procedure for correcting this performance issue. It is

highly recommended that you complete the procedure prior to using SPB.

For this and other troubleshooting topics, refer to the SPB Help system.

Documentation

For further information on Software Package Builder, see the following:

•the spb manpage, spb (1M)

•the swpackage (5) manpage

• the SPB Web site at http://software.hp.com/products/SPB/

•the Software Package Builder 1.0 User’s Guide found at http://www.docs.hp.com

Obsolescence

Not applicable.

Update-UX

The update-ux command updates the HP-UX operating system to a newer version.

Update-UX was new to the initial HP-UX 11i v2 (October 2003) release and allows an

update from HP-UX 11i v1.6 (B.11.22).

Summary of Change

The Update-UX product includes a “default selections” file, update-ux.selections,

which is installed in /usr/lib/sw. This file provides a list of bundles that will be

selected for install during an OS update. Update-UX now provides support for the -f

selection_file option on the update-ux command line. This allows you to create your

own selections file and specify that your file be used in place of the “default selections”

file. This provides you with the flexibility to “deselect” any bundles listed in the

update-ux.selections file by providing your own file, which doesn’t contain these

bundles. In order to do this, you must first install the March 2004 version of the

Update-UX product onto your target system, then copy and edit the

/usr/lib/sw/update-ux.selections file as desired. Then, when executing update-ux,

your custom selections file can be specified on the update-ux command line via the -f

selection_file option.

Also in the March 2004 release of HP-UX 11 v2, Update-UX will create two backup

kernel configurations from the update process.