Thanks to Jeff, Scott and Kirsten for the quick responses ( < 1 hour ! )


Here I was listf'ing on @pat@ and @sys@, but old hpswinfo.pub.sys eluded
my memory ...  Scott added some good notes on a file in install.sys that
y'all might need someday...seems to be the authorative answer to what
patches are REALLY on your system.

Thanks Again,

John (hey, there IS a shift key here!) Brown

> ----------
> From:         scottm[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     scottm
> Sent:         Tuesday, October 27, 1998 11:31 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: what patches do i have???
>
> Brown, John wrote:
>
> >         i've been off the 3k for 2 years... venturing into hp-ux
> (lost
> >
> > my shift-key too)  ... there used to be a file out in pub.sys which
> > 'autopat' appended to every time i added a patch...either the file
> is
> > gone, or i'm half-blind... something's changed??  maybe i just need
> to
> >
> > grep a different file?  this is a 5.5 system... can someone nudge me
> > in
> > the right direction?
>
> There are two files that inventory patches. The first one, and the one
> you probably
> remember, is HPSWINFO.PUB.SYS. This is just a plain old ascii file and
> it can be
> printed using the print command.
>
> Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) it can also be edited with a
> standard editor, and
> deleted or overwritten quite easily (e.g. by sloppy back-up/recovery
> procedures).
>
> For this reason (in part) a new SW inventory file was created and is
> updated/trusted
> by Patch/iX. The other file is called PMSWINFO.INSTALL.SYS and it
> should
> be accurate provided you use Patch/iX exclusively to apply patches.
> Given this is not always the case (no comments from the peanut gallery
> ;-) the two files are probably most accurate when viewed as an
> aggregate. Patch/iX will update both HPSWINFO and PMSWINFO.
>
> PMSWINFO can only be viewed easily by using Patch/iX (under View
> Patches) and by
> using Stage/iX for the case where Patch/iX patches were staged (using
> the STAGEMAN
> list xxx;patches command).
>
> I hope you are not more confused than you were before you asked.....
>
> Scott McClellan
>