Analysis Recommends a Patch That Cannot Be Applied Due to Patch Dependencies and the Policy for Applying Patches (5009098)

Description:

Sometimes a patch analysis recommends a patch that cannot be applied.

This situation occurs when the following are true:

• The patch depends on a prerequisite patch that has been obsoleted by another patch.

• The replacement prerequisite patch is not permitted to be applied because it is prohibited by the policy for applying patches.

Workaround:

Do the following:

1. Manually apply the replacement prerequisite patch that is prohibited by the policy for applying patches while the system is in single-user mode.

2. Reboot the system.

3. Use smpatch or the browser interface to apply the patch that was recommended by the analysis.