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

Figure 3-2 HP-UX Patch Supersession Chain
The supersession chain in Figure 3-2: “HP-UX Patch Supersession Chain” (page 29) 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of two separate supersession chains that were combined when patch PHSS_29156 superseded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 19).)
For information about how you can use attributes with the swlist command, see “Which patches
are on a system?” (page 21).
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