Hi,
I am trying to upgrade all of our AlphaServers from Tru64 UNIX patch kit 6 to patch kit 7 and then install the rest of the patches to bring them up-to-date. However, installing the patch kit 7 (T64V51BB28AS0007-20090312 or patch 28009.00-SP07 OSFBASE540) resulted in failure of prerequisite/file applicability check. The problem patch is C02047.00 or fix for SSRT061256 (for /usr/bin/ps). The installation message indicateed this being a Customer Specific Patch (CSP). One suggestion is to remove this batch using dupatch but it also said the patch kit 7 might or might not have the same fix included.
Has anyone encountered this issue before? Is it safe for me to remove C02047.00 with dupatch and then install patch kit 7 without losing the previous fix?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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so in the end your question is, if for SSRT061256 there is a fix in PK 7.
The answer is yes.
I found this here in the patchkit content list of pk7:
PROBLEM: (SSRT061256) (PATCH ID: OSF540-2252) ******** A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the "ps" and "w" commands on the HP Tru64 UNIX Operating System. The "ps" and "w" commands can be used to disclose environmental variable and argument information that might be exploited by a local, authorized user.
Thanks for the confirmation (and sorry for the late reply as I was away from the office until today). I will uninstall the problem patch C02047.00 first and then install patch kit 7. Hopefully, this will get around the pre-requisite failure issue. Thanks again for your help.
I deleted the patch C02047.00 for SSRT061256 and then went ahead to install Patch Kit 7 without any complication. However, when I checked using setld -i to grep for all SSRT, SSRT061256 is listed "Not Installed". I was sort of expecting a similar patch to be installed by Patch Kit 7. Is it possible that the fix for that issue is listed or included under some other SSRT number? Any info is once again appreciated.
good to hear that you installed patchkit without further trouble !
Now in regards to your verification question.
That (SSRT061256) (PATCH ID: OSF540-2252) is grouped within the patchkit-bundle together with other patches and the patch that holds it is: PATCHID: 28009.00
Hence you can check for it with this: # setld -i OSFPAT02800900540
That will list all the files that belongs to the patch.
Check also this file: # more /var/adm/patch/doc/OSFPAT02800900540.txt For your reference...that file was installed while you patched the system. There you will the SSRT mentioned.
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