I think you can do something with "direct patch" or something. A kind of "extra rule" - you must have a ".diPatch" file in the patch folder. Also I think you can use this with some options to patchadd.
Maybe it helps, Adrian. > --- Albert White <Albert.White at Sun.COM> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Rathinamurthy wrote: > > > I am trying to create patces for my application > > in Solaris.I want to give > > > the ability to backout to my patches. > > > Can i use the patchadd ,patchrm utilities ..but > > this utilities expect the PATCHID in > > > the below format.. > > > SUNW_PATCHID=******-**[* is 0-9] > > > > > > Is this format specific for SUN OS patches ..or > > any application developer can use this..? > > > > I don't think patches have to conform to that > > exactly. IDR patchid's for > > example are prefixed with IDR which patchadd can > > install fine. I'm not sure > > if you can replace the patchid itself with a > regular > > string (eg. > > APPPATCH-05), I've cc'd install-discus some folks > > there are more familiar > > with the patchadd/pdo code. > > > > Out of interest, how are you creating the patches? > > > > Cheers, > > ~Albert > > > > -- > > Albert White - Patch System Test - Sun Ireland > > albert.white at sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/albertw > > _______________________________________________ > > install-discuss mailing list > > install-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
