Patch Corner: Patch news and best practice

The Solaris 10 5/09 (Update 7) patch bundle is now available for download from the SunSolve Patch Cluster & Patch Bundle Download Page.  Click on the "Solaris Update Patch Bundles" link.

As with previous patch bundles, it contains the patches which are included in the corresponding Solaris Update, in this case Solaris 10 5/09 (Update 7).

This is useful for Sys Admins who wish to bring all their systems up to the same patch level as the Solaris Update without wanting to upgrade to the release - for example, due to change control policy restrictions in their organizations.

See previous blog entries for previous Solaris Update patch bundles for further information.

A software glitch caused a number of empty patches to be accidentally released last week.   The PatchIDs are:

• 139555, revisions -01 to -07: Solaris 10: Kernel Patch
• 139556, revisions -01 to -07: Solaris 10_x86: Kernel Patch
• 139981-01: Solaris 10_x86: md patch

The above patches have been removed from SunSolve.   All of these patches were empty (i.e. they contained no payload packages), so they are incapable of being installed or causing any problems on a customer system.   This notice is simply to clear up any confusion.

The correct Kernel patch revisions are now available.  These are:

• 139555-08, which is the Solaris 10 Kernel patch included in Solaris 10 5/09 (Update 7)
• 139556-08, which is the Solaris 10 Kernel patch included in Solaris 10_x86 5/09 (Update 7)

The correct "md" patch revision will be released shortly.  This is:

• 139981-03: Solaris 10_x86: md patch

On behalf of Sun, I apologize most sincerely for any confusion or inconvenience caused.