Adding OS Services to a Server When the OS Services Have Been Patched

When adding OS services to an OS server, you may see error messages saying that you have inconsistent versions of the OS running on the server and the OS that you are trying to add. This message occurs when the installed version of the OS has packages that were previously patched and the OS services being added do not have those packages patched (because the patches have been integrated into the packages).

For example, you may have a server that is running the Solaris 7 release or compatible versions; you may also have additional OS services loaded on this server, including the Solaris 2.6 SPARC Sun4m OS services that have been patched. If you try to add the Solaris 2.6 SPARC Sun4c OS services from a CD-ROM to this server, you could get the following error message

Error: inconsistent
revision, installed package appears to have been patched resulting 
in it being different than the package on your media. You will need 
to backout all patches that patch this package before retrying the 
add OS service option.