Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems (5900-3011, April 2013)

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Figure 2 HP-UX Patch Supersession Chain
The supersession chain in Figure 2: “HP-UX Patch Supersession Chain” (page 30) is composed of
two separate supersession chains that were combined when patch PHSS_29156 superseded both
PHSS_29026 and PHSS_29008. Again, because of the cumulative nature of HP-UX patches,
patch PHSS_29377 delivers all the features and fixes delivered by the other six patches in this
supersession chain.
Patch-related attributes
Each of the SD-UX objects described in “HP-UX software structure (page 17) has a set of properties
known as attributes that provide information about the object's characteristics. For patches, these
attributes control aspects of patch behavior and define patch properties and relationships. (See
“State” (page 20) and “Patch state” (page 20).)
For information about how you can use attributes with the swlist command, see “Which patches
are on a system?” (page 22).
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