User's Manual

Rebuilding Packages 39
Rebuilding Packages
Overview
When you download a Dell™ Update Package (DUP) from the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com, you want to apply it to a specific target system.
The DUP application checks for two general compatibility criteria between
a package and the target system to which you are applying it:
• Is the system on which you are trying to apply the DUP running
a Dell-supported Linux operating system?
• If the system on which you are trying to apply the DUP is running
a Dell–supported Linux operating system, is the system also running
a Dell–supported Linux kernel version?
Dell-Qualified Path
The Dell-qualified path can be described in the following steps:
1
You download a DUP from support.dell.com.
2 The DUP meets all compatibility and dependency checks for the target
Dell system.
3 The supported version of the Linux operating system and kernel version
for which the DUP was created, match the running operating system
version and the running kernel version on the target system.
4 Continue applying the DUP to your system.
Dell-Enabled Path
The Dell-enabled path allows you to customize DUPs to run on target
systems that do not have supported operating systems or supported kernels.
When you try to apply a package to a system, if the operating system or kernel
is not supported, the DUP application displays a message to that effect.