RE: [cobalt-users] Patching A RaQ4r

["Ligard, Vidar" <vligard@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Vidar Ligard
RHEMA Bible Church - Computer Information Systems
918 258 1588 x2490
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Server Admin - COMPUTICA [mailto:cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:16 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Patching A RaQ4r
> 
> 
> > 
> > At 09:47 AM 6/11/2003, you wrote:
> > > > > What is the best way to determine what patches I need
> > to install
> > > > > on
> > > > > each server?
> > >>
> > >>Have you checked them against the Sun Cobalt support page?
> > >>http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=cobalt/raq4.e
> ng&nav=patc
> >>hpage
> >>
> >>(The oldest patches are at the bottom of the page)
> 
> 
> >Not all patches are listed.
> >for older patches, check 
> >http://www.yetiservices.com/raq/raq4_update.html
> 
> 
> >____________________________
> 
> Okay....I see that both servers do have the Sun OSUpdate 2.0.
> 
> Does that mean I can effectively ignore absolutely everything 
> listed below it and just continue on up the list?
> 
> Or are there still some things older that than OS Update that 
> I should consider?
> 
> >____________________________
> 
> The OSUpdate 2.0 is a cumulative patch that takes care of 
> everything before it. (Except for any ROM updates) That is 
> why the patches before it are not listed any longer on the 
> cobalt site.
> 
> >____________________________
> 
> From looking at the Sun patchpage, the following patches are 
> listed below the OSUpdate 2.0:
> 
> 	- Kernel Update 1.0.1 
> 	- Apache Update 1.0.1 
> 	- Reverse Delegation Update 1.0.1 
> 	- DoS Attack Update 1.0.2 
> 	- OS Update 1.0 
> 	- glibc Update 0.0.1 
> 	- FrontPage Update 0.0.1-7657
> 
> It seems they are listed as prerequisites, which makes me 
> wonder if they were installed.  Should I assume they were 
> installed, otherwise the 2.0 wouldn't have been successful?
> 
> Thanks again!
Yes, I installed all those packages on mine. When I put on the OSUpdate 2.0, they all disappeared from the list of installed software. I would think they are already installed.
If you want to be really sure, you can always chack what versions you have of apache, the kernel, etc.