HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-05 - SD-UX

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 40 (of 49)
Chapter 05 Software Distributor (SD-UX)
October 29, 2013
 Description of enhancements and bugfixes
 Dependencies
 Warnings
 Special installation instructions
 OS that incorporates the fix
A detailed description of all patch fields can be found here (HP Internal only)
For UX 11.X the patchtext is stored to /var/adm/sw/products/PHxx_yyyy/pfiles/README
during installation. It can be displayed using:
# swlist -a readme PHxx_yyyyy
NOTE: For UX 10.X the patchtext is handled separately.
The HP Internal patch catalog browser at:
http://patch-hub.corp.hp.com/wtec/catalog/index.html provides a neater html version of the
patch texts.
Patch Ratings
The Rating field in the patch text will contain one of the following confidence ratings for each
platform/OS combination for which the patch applies, as well as the date the rating was achieved
(initially set on 00/03/10):
Rating 1 (1 star)
The patch has successfully completed testing by the developing lab. Patches with a rating of '1'
are recommended for reactive situations when a patch with a higher rating is not available to
address the problem.
Rating 2 (2 stars)
The patch has successfully completed testing by the developing lab -AND- is at least 21 days old
and has been distributed at least 50 times by the Worldwide Response Centers -OR- is at least 90
days old and has been distributed at least 5 times by the Worldwide Response Centers (prior to
March 12, 2002 the latter criteria was 46 days old with 5 downloads). Patches with a rating of '2'
are recommended for reactive and proactive situations when a patch with a higher rating is not
available.
Rating 3 (3 stars)
The patch has successfully completed testing by the developing lab -AND- by the Enterprise
Patch Test Center. Patches with a rating of '3' are recommended in all reactive and proactive
situations.