HP-UX Software Assistant Release Notes (5900-3005, March 2013)

• Provided the ability to download patches and build a Software Distributor (SD-UX) depot which
will fix many of the issues in the report. You would also use SWA to see recommended
additional actions in the report which you need to take care of manually.
• Verified patch integrity automatically (using MD5 cryptographic hash) before unpacking
downloaded patches.
• Provided manpages for reference and sample commands:
◦ swa(1M)
◦ swa-report(1M)
◦ swa-get(1M)
◦ swa-step(1M)
◦ swa-clean(1M)
• Released on the SWA web pages on the HP Software Depot at https://www.hp.com/go/
swa.
8 SWA Important Changes