Chapter 1 Signed Patches Release Notes for PatchPro 2.2

These release notes contain release information about the Solaris^TM patch management tools, PatchPro 2.2 and Patch Manager Base 1.0.1. These tools enable system administrators to analyze systems to determine the list of recommended patches for Solaris systems. You can also use these tools to download patches from Sun to local systems and to apply the patches to local systems.

If you want PatchPro support for Solaris 10, use the Sun Patch Manager 2.0 product. This product is included in the Developer Solaris Software Group of Solaris 10.

What's New in PatchPro 2.2

PatchPro 2.2 differs from PatchPro 2.1 in the following ways:

• The PatchPro installation program, setup, has been simplified and improved.

  • The installation script assists you in configuring your patch management environment.

    These changes help to prevent problems that are related to incomplete or incorrect configuration of the patch management tool.

  • A prepopulated keystore is now included in the SUNWppcfg package.

• PatchPro 2.2 supports an authenticated web proxy feature. This feature enables users, whose machines are behind a firewall, to use PatchPro when their web proxy requires authentication.

• The location of the PatchPro configuration file, patchpro.conf, has been changed to /etc/opt/SUNWppro/etc.

  The configuration file in /opt/SUNWppro/etc still remains, but is ignored.

• The PatchPro configuration file is now delivered in the SUNWppcfg package instead of the SUNWppro package.

• The pprosetup -i command no longer requires the clientroot:clientusr:noncontract preamble. This preamble is used to specify the patch installation policy for manual mode.

• Critical and quality related bugs from PatchPro 2.1 have been fixed.