System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Displaying Information About Unsigned Solaris Patches

Before installing patches, you might want to know more about patches that have previously been installed. The following table describes commands that provide useful information about patches that are already installed on a system.

Table 25–1 Commands for Solaris Patch Management

Command 

Description 

patchadd -p, showrev -p

Shows all patches that have been applied to a system. 

pkgparam pkgid PATCHLIST

Shows all patches that have been applied to the package identified by pkgid, the name of the package. For example, SUNWadmap.

patchadd -S Solaris-OS -p

Shows all the /usr patches installed on an OS server.