Working With Withdrawn Patches

Patches fix problems and install new functionality. However, some patches can create new problems. When a patch creates a problem, Sun withdraws the patch from the SunSolve web site to prevent you from downloading it. Because TLP works with baselines that are installed on the TLP server, Sun cannot withdraw these patches from the TLP server. Therefore, the TLP tool uses a WITHDRAWN patches list to update this information.

How to Update the WITHDRAWN Patches List

The following task describes how to configure the TLP tool to update information about withdrawn patches.

Before You Begin

You must have installed the TLP software to perform this task.

Steps

1. Log in to the system as the tlp-user.

2. Download the TLP metafiles.

   $ tlp download metafiles

   The TLP metafiles contain information about withdrawn patches. Running this command updates the WITHDRAWNPATCHES file with the latest information about withdrawn patches.

   To enable daily updates, add the tlp download metafiles command to the tlp-user crontab file.

3. Ensure that the SunSolve login and proxy parameters are set properly in the tlp.cfg file.

4. Ensure that the sunsolve Loader module is defined in the tlp.cfg file. To set this value, uncomment the line within the configuration file.

5. After you recreate the patch sets, withdrawn patches are removed from all of the patch sets. See How to Create Individual TLP Patch Sets for more information about patch set creation.

Example 2–9 Downloading the TLP Metafiles

This example shows the process for downloading the TLP metafiles.

$ /tlp download metafiles
   + updating TLP Metafiles
   + Loading tlp_metafiles.xml (unknown filesize)
   + Loading tlp_metafiles.tar.gz (586145 bytes)
100% [===========================================]
tar: Read 7168 bytes from -