System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

How to Add a Unsigned Solaris Patch

  1. Become superuser.

  2. Add the patch or patches.


    # patchadd patch-ID-revision
    
  3. Verify that the patch was added successfully.


    # patchadd -p | grep patch-ID-revision
    

Example—Adding an Unsigned Solaris Patch

In the following example, the Solaris 8 patch, 111879–01, is added to the system. The patch had already been downloaded to the system previously.


# patchadd /export/Sol8patch/111879-01

Checking installed patches...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
Installing patch packages...

Patch number 111879-01 has been successfully installed.
See /var/sadm/patch/111879-01/log for details

Patch packages installed:
  SUNWwsr
# patchadd -p | grep 111879-01
Patch: 111879-01 Obsoletes:  Requires:  Incompatibles:  Packages: SUNWwsr