Walter Lee

Web server 7.0u3 is out

Thursday Jul 03, 2008

The new web server 7.0u3 (standalone version, not the package-based version) was out last week. You can see the release notes at

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-4848/gdutz?a=browse

and download the bits at

http://tinyurl.com/4l7yed

I tried the standalone version and it was installed easily , except I got an old linker patch,

109147-39 in my old Solaris 8, which I need to upgrade first before I can install the new web 7.0u3.

e.g. I got this warning in the middle of my installation,

The following patches need to be installed for the server installation to
complete successfully.
Patches to be updated: [109147-39]

1. Continue
2. Exit

Enter the number corresponding to your choice [1] {"<" goes back, "!" exits}

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It was listed in the 7.0u3 release notes,

"Incompatible Patches
Some incompatible patches can affect Web Server startup and cause the server not to
respond to requests. The following table lists such patches. If you have an incompatible
patch installed on your machine, upgrade the patch to a recommended compatible patch.

TABLE 3 List of Incompatible Patches

Operating System Incompatible Patch Recommended Compatible Patch
Solaris 8 SPARC 109147-37,38,39 (linker patch) 109147–40 (linker patch)

"

So, I looked up the latest at sunsolve,

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109147-44-1&searchclause=109147-39

then downloaded and unzipped above,

apple:/export/home0> unzip 109147-44.zip

apple:/export/home0> patchadd 109147-44

Checking installed patches...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
Installing patch packages...

Patch number 109147-44 has been successfully installed.
See /var/sadm/patch/109147-44/log for details

Patch packages installed:
SUNWarc
SUNWbtool
SUNWbtoox
SUNWcsl
SUNWcslx
SUNWcsr
SUNWcsu
SUNWcsxu
SUNWhea
SUNWmdb
SUNWmdbx
SUNWosdem
SUNWtoo
SUNWtoox