Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems

swlist -a applied_patches fileset_name
For example:
$ swlist -a applied_patches Xserver.AGRM
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "chb26006"...
# Target: chb26006:/
Xserver.Runtime.AGRM
PHSS_21817.AGRM,fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64
PHSS_26619.AGRM,fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64
PHSS_26622.AGRM,fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64
PHSS_26638.AGRM,fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64
PHSS_29169.AGRM,fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64
PHSS_29183.AGRM,fa=HP-UX_B.11.11_32/64
For more information see the Software Distributor Administration Guide on the HP Business Support
Center website at http://www.hp.com/go/sd-docs.
Supersession
Supersession is the process of replacing an earlier patch with a new patch. A new patch supersedes
all previous patches for its particular patch chain. Upon installation of the new (superseding)
patch, its files replace files of the patches being superseded. Patches for HP-UX products are
always cumulative. Each new patch contains all aspects of all its preceding patches.
A series of patches form a supersession chain. A supersession chain includes the following:
• The nonpatch software product being patched.
• Each patch that fixes the nonpatch software product.
• Each patch that fixes the patches.
Figure 3-1 shows a simple, hypothetical supersession chain in which a product has been
superseded by PHXX_31937, which in turn has been superseded by PHXX_32384, which has
been superseded by PHXX_43826. In general, patch numbers increase along a patch supersession
chain.
26 HP-UX patch overview