In article <446df324$0$651$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk>,
News wrote:
>Is anybody else having problems installing
>
>121018-02 Sun Studio 11_x86 Patch for Sun C++
>121020-02 Sun Studio 11_x86 Patch for x86 Fortran 95
>
>on Solaris 10. They are presented by updatemanager but fail to install with
>a return code of 5. Sun Studio 11 is installed.

Yesterday, I fetched them with Martin Paul's PCA and then installed
them:
# patchadd -d -G -M . 121018-02 121020-02

John
groenveld@acm.org

John D Groenveld wrote:
> In article <446df324$0$651$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk>,
> News wrote:
>
>>Is anybody else having problems installing
>>
>>121018-02 Sun Studio 11_x86 Patch for Sun C++
>>121020-02 Sun Studio 11_x86 Patch for x86 Fortran 95
>>
>>on Solaris 10. They are presented by updatemanager but fail to install with
>>a return code of 5. Sun Studio 11 is installed.
>
>
> Yesterday, I fetched them with Martin Paul's PCA and then installed
> them:
> # patchadd -d -G -M . 121018-02 121020-02
>
I think the -G is the key here.

Studio patches don't play well with zones.

--
Ian Collins.

On Sat, 20 May 2006 10:07:08 +1200 Ian Collins wrote:
> John D Groenveld wrote:
>> # patchadd -d -G -M . 121018-02 121020-02
>>
> I think the -G is the key here.
>
> Studio patches don't play well with zones.

It's not the patches, it's the studio installer.

-frank

"News" wrote:
> Is anybody else having problems installing
>
> 121018-02 Sun Studio 11_x86 Patch for Sun C++
> 121020-02 Sun Studio 11_x86 Patch for x86 Fortran 95
>
> on Solaris 10. They are presented by updatemanager but fail to install with
> a return code of 5. Sun Studio 11 is installed.

Do you have the patchadd patch?
Do you have zones on this system?


Thomas

Thomas Dehn wrote:
>
> "News" wrote:
>> Is anybody else having problems installing
>>
>> 121018-02 Sun Studio 11_x86 Patch for Sun C++
>> 121020-02 Sun Studio 11_x86 Patch for x86 Fortran 95
>>
>> on Solaris 10. They are presented by updatemanager but fail to install with
>> a return code of 5. Sun Studio 11 is installed.
>
> Do you have the patchadd patch?

Updatemanager says the system is fully patched (apart for the Studio 11
patches.)

> Do you have zones on this system?

Just the default global zone.

The two patches installed by hand using
patchadd -d -G -M . patchno
as suggested here earlier.