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diff --git a/ldap/systools/README b/ldap/systools/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2573a5f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/ldap/systools/README @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +How to get the list of patches: + +We used to just kind of guess which patches were needed. Now, we look at the +patches installed on the system and build our list from that. WARNING - The +system that you run this on must be a pretty clean system, with no extra +software or hardware packages (e.g. compilers, software development +environments, etc.). We don't want to complain to our customers that they +must install the C compiler! So, I recommend running these scripts on a fresh +clean QA-type system that has had the latest recommended patches or jumbo +patch set applied. If for some reason you need to edit the auto generated +patch files, please put a comment in this file with the date and your ID. + +Solaris: + You will need one system for each supported OS release. This means, for +DS 6.2, both a Solaris 8 and a Solaris 9 system. Log into each system as root +and execute the getSolPatches.pl script. By default it tries to use +/usr/bin/perl, so if that is not available, any perl version > 5.005_03 can be +used (older versions might work). Redirect the output to a file +(e.g. /tmp/patches), then copy that file over solN_patches.c, where N is the +OS release number (e.g. 8 or 9). Then, merge the files together into one - +for example, mergeSolPatches.pl sol8_patches.c sol9_patches.c > sol_patches.c. +Each patch is already tagged with what release version it came from and is applied to. + +HP: + Log into the reference machine and run getHPPatches.pl > /tmp/patches. You +may have to be superuser - for some reason, swlist must be run as root on some +machines but not others. So, if you run it and get strange error messages, try +it as root. Then, copy /tmp/patches over hp_patches.c. By default, the perl +script tries to use /tools/ns/bin/perl5.6.1, so if that does not exist, try +another version of perl. HP ships with a very old version of perl (v4) that +may or may not work. |