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Old 07-02-2008
Patch level of Solaris machine

As i understand, Patch is a fix to bug in a product.

What is patch level wrt to solaris OS ? How do i know the patch level of a machine ? I have task to compare patch levels of 2 machines running solaris
# 2  
Old 07-02-2008
hi,

cat /etc/release and uname -a (look kernel patch) maybe y help.
# 3  
Old 07-02-2008
you can check the current patch level by doing uname -a
See if your kernel level is lower of that is shown from Sun Microsystems
Solaris 8, 9 and 10 have diff latest kernel patch levels.
# 4  
Old 07-28-2008
Hello

showrev command will show you the kernel/patch level with a release date of some kind on Solaris version up to 9.
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