Local Solaris Patches That are Not Available on SunSolve are Not Included in the Knowledge Base (#6456168)

Local patches that are not available on SunSolve^SM and that are distributed as part of a package are not included in the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise knowledge base.

In these cases, the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise agent might not have installed a needed patch given that the (needed) patch it intends to install is obsoleted by an already installed (local) patch.

For example, if PKG-1 installs Patch-Q (local patch not part of knowledge base), Sun Update Connection – Enterprise then recommends Patch-P. However, Patch-Q obsoletes Patch-P. In this case, UCE (correctly) fails to install the obsoleted patch Patch-P.

When using Solaris Baselines, add the obsoleted patch, Patch-P, to the black list.