John Burke wrote:

> I don't know when this was changed, but note that the Patch/iX download page
> at the ITRC no longer tells you the current version of Patch/iX for your
> favorite OS version.
>
> What this means in practice is you now need to download Patch/iX every time
> you want to use it - unless of course you like living life dangerously.
> Bummer. The laziness of someone at HP now causes the customer to potentially
> waste 10-15 minutes or so every time he wants to apply a patch.


Or you can just check the Patch/iX software bundle timestamps at ftp.itrc.hp.com:

C:\temp>ftp ftp.itrc.hp.com
Connected to ftp.itrc.hp.com.
220-
220-Welcome to the IT Resource Center ftp server
220-------------------------------------------------------
220-
220-You are user 34, and there is a limit of 400 simultaneous accesses.
220-
220-Log in as user "anonymous" (using your e-mail address as your password)
220-to retrieve available patches for HP-UX, MPE/iX, and other platforms.
220-
220-If you are a user of other HP ITRC services, log in with your
220-HP ITRC User ID and password to deposit or retrieve your files.
220-
220-If you have questions, send email to:
220-
220-   [log in to unmask]
220-
220 i3107ffs FTP server (HP ASL ftpd, version(322)) ready.
User (ftp.itrc.hp.com:(none)): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> dir /export/bin
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 19636
drwxr-xr-x   2 50         100           1024 Oct 10 09:31 .
drwxrwxrwx   7 50         100             96 Mar 26  1998 ..
-rwxr-xr-x   1 50         100          12286 Jun 14  2001 BUNDLE_hp-ux
-rwxrwxrwx   1 50         100           1780 Jun 14  2001 README_hp-ux
-rw-r--r--   1 50         100          28672 Oct 10 09:31 cpm_collect.sh
-rwxrwxrwx   1 50         100          18014 Mar 27  1998 patch_maker
-rwxrwxrwx   1 50         100        2129408 May 22 01:44 patchix55.store
-rw-r--r--   1 50         100        2794240 Oct 10 09:31 patchix60.store
-rw-r--r--   1 50         100        2863872 Oct 10 09:31 patchix65.store
-rw-r--r--   1 50         100        2190592 Oct 10 09:31 patchix70.store
-rwxrwxrwx   1 50         100          10974 May 22 01:44 unpackp
226 Transfer complete.
ftp: 792 bytes received in 0.02Seconds 49.50Kbytes/sec.
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

Hmmm... looks like things were updated within the past hour.
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