Greetings,
  I'm working with 6.0 installed from cdrom and it seems that almost no
reactive patches qualify under patch/iX.  For example, I'm wanting to install
STRFDC5A and TIXLX74B and they both "naturally disqualify".  STRFDC5A reports

INFOFDC5.STRFDC5A.PACHNMC  INFOFDC5.MPEXL.TELESUP     AD      NA     OK
R01YSTRA.STRFDC5A.PACHNMC  STREAMS_01                 RP     %165602 MISMATCH
R02YSTRA.STRFDC5A.PACHNMC  STREAMS_02                 RP     %110153 MISMATCH

and TIXLX74B tells me

C00LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  IMAGECAT.PUB.SYS           RP     %116610 OK
C02LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  TICAT000.PUB.SYS           RP     %26063  MATCH
P00LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  UTIINIT.TI.TELESUP         RP     %140613 MATCH
P01LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  MXTI0308.TI.TELESUP        RP     %16640  MATCH
P02LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  UTIINIT1.TI.TELESUP        RP     %65037  MATCH
P05LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  IMAGEDMP.PUB.SYS           RP     %27067  OK
P24LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  SYTI0308.TI.TELESUP        RP     %154202 MISMATCH
P30LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBSCHEMA.PUB.SYS           RP     %14166  MISMATCH
P31LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBSTORE.PUB.SYS            RP     %164702 MATCH
P32LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBRESTOR.PUB.SYS           RP     %153501 MATCH
P33LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBUNLOAD.PUB.SYS           RP     %134554 MISMATCH
P34LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBLOAD.PUB.SYS             RP     %113447 MISMATCH
P35LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBUTIL.PUB.SYS             RP     %136044 MISMATCH
P36LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBRCVCM.PUB.SYS            RP     %30426  MATCH
P37LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBRECOV.PUB.SYS            RP     %22610  MISMATCH
P60LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBDRIVCM.PUB.SYS           RP     %26702  MATCH
P61LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBDUMP.PUB.SYS             RP     %25540  MATCH
P62LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  I7DB8CNV.PUB.SYS           RP     %25746  OK
P63LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBCONV.PUB.SYS             RP     %141503 MATCH
P64LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBUTILB.PUB.SYS            RP     %51253  MATCH
P65LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  DBDRIVER.PUB.SYS           RP     %54345  MISMATCH
R01LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  HP30391_01                 RP     %37533  MISMATCH
R03LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  HP30391_03                 RP     %17427  MISMATCH
R04LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  HP30391_04                 RP     %26134  MISMATCH
U21LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  TIMAGE                     RP     %144275 MATCH
U22LX74B.TIXLX74B.PATCHIX  CORONA2,P                  RP     %136352 MATCH

Obviously, I *can* force them, but am I setting myself up for trouble to do so?
What does the MATCH or MISMATCH mean?  Can a given patch only go from one
version of a file to another and if so, how do I get to the version it wants?

Thanks,
Ted
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Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University
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