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Solaris 8 System Administration Supplement

How to Add Non-Solaris Patches

If you want to add non-Solaris patches to an OS server, do the following:

  1. Create a .copyof* "staging area" for the patches, using the following command:


    % /usr/sadm/bin/smosservice patch -- -m -U

  2. Add the patch(es) to the staging area using the following command:


    % /usr/sadm/bin/smosservice patch -- -a staging area

  3. Push the patch(es) out to the clients using the following command:


    % /usr/sadm/bin/smosservice patch -- -a -m -U