Our company's configuration management products contains a Perl script
which calculates patch order based using a recursive program. I cannot
share the program because it is part of our products, but I will give
you the information on how it works. In each Sun patch directory after
it is decompressed, there is a file called "patchinfo". This is
somewhat similar to the "pkginfo" file for programs (e.g. pkgadd). In
it you will find a keyword "PATCH_REQUIRES" followed by a list of
patches and sometimes some "if-then-else" constructions. The
"PATCH_REQUIRES" information must be installed prior to installing the
or "patchadd" will fail. If you are having issues with a failed patch.
Check this file, it may resolve your problem.
In your issue with 119254-19 and 118712-09 there is only a reference
for in the "patchinfo" file that patch "121333-02 must be installed
prior to installing 119254-19. Hence, I believe the order is
unimportant with those two patch numbers. The conflict is that
"121333-02" must be installed prior to installing "119254-19". Over a
period of time, I have found several times that the patch README file
is in conflict to this "patchadd" parameter file ("patchinfo") when I
have done a large server migrations for Sun.
Below is the patch info file for 119254-19
patchinfo file for "119254-19 "
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PATCHINFOVERSION="1.0"
PATCHID=119254-19
PATCH_CORRECTS='BaseOS.Package.Cmds-5.10
AdminInstall.Solaris.SUNWswmt-5.10'
PATCH_ARCH='sparc'
PATCH_OS='SunOS'
PATCH_OSRELEASE='5.10'
PATCH_PROPERTIES='clientusr'
PATCH_REQUIRES="121333-02"
PATCH_OBSOLETES="119015-03"
-----------------------------------------------------
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