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Operating Systems Solaris Patch Installation on Solaris10 Post 302334895 by TonyFullerMalv on Thursday 16th of July 2009 07:23:20 PM
Old 07-16-2009
The best way of updating your patching is apply a Sun supplied recommended patch cluster, there are instructions here:
Solaris Patch Cluster Install
on how to do that, it is best to have the system running in single user mode (run "reboot -- -s" if system is running or just "boot -s" if at the Open Boot prompt), you do not need to break the mirrors for patching unless you want a quick way of reverting back to the system state before the patching was applied.

So steps are:
1. Download appropriate recommended patch cluster from here:
SunSolve

2. Copy patch cluster into /var/tmp and unzip it, e.g.:
# unzip -q 10_Receommended.zip

3. Reboot into single user mode:
# reboot -- -s

4. Log back on as root and ensure all local filesystems are mounted:
# mountall

5. Apply patch cluster:
# cd /var/tmp/10_Recommended
# ./install_cluster

Answer questions, and wait for patches to apply.

6. Reboot:
# reboot

Done.

You may then wish to use something like the patchdiag tool (may be downloaded from here: Product Downloads ) with an up to date patchdiag.xref to see if there are any patches that were not included in the Recommended Patch Cluster that your system needs.

If this is a critical system then it goes without saying that you should take backups before patching although patches can be backed out using the patchrm(1M) command but could be a long and laborious process.
 

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STG-SINK(1)							   StGit Manual 						       STG-SINK(1)

NAME
stg-sink - Send patches deeper down the stack SYNOPSIS
stg sink [-t <target patch>] [-n] [<patches>] DESCRIPTION
This is the opposite operation of linkstg:float[]: move the specified patches down the stack. It is for example useful to group stable patches near the bottom of the stack, where they are less likely to be impacted by the push of another patch, and from where they can be more easily committed or pushed. If no patch is specified on command-line, the current patch gets sunk. By default patches are sunk to the bottom of the stack, but the --to option allows to place them under any applied patch. Sinking internally involves popping all patches (or all patches including <target patch>), then pushing the patches to sink, and then (unless --nopush is also given) pushing back into place the formerly-applied patches. OPTIONS
-n, --nopush Do not push back on the stack the formerly-applied patches. Only the patches to sink are pushed. -t TARGET, --to TARGET Specify a target patch to place the patches below, instead of sinking them to the bottom of the stack. -k, --keep Keep the local changes. STGIT
Part of the StGit suite - see linkman:stg[1] StGit 03/13/2012 STG-SINK(1)
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