09-02-2010
there's a roll back option with the patchadd command.
but as a rule of thumb, before you install any patch, you must break the root mirror in case anything happen.
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Originally Posted by
amity
Hi All
If suppose I am installing the normal patch or kernal patch and during that time hardware failure occur . Please let me know how can we backup out of patch which was not installed properly. As such I haven't gone through this situation but definately like to know what should be done in this situation
Few inputs from gurus are definately increase our knowledge on this issue.
Regards
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guilt-new
GUILT-NEW(1) Guilt Manual GUILT-NEW(1)
NAME
guilt-new - Create a new patch
SYNOPSIS
guilt-new [-f] [-s] [-e|-m message] <patchname>
DESCRIPTION
Create a new patch and push it on top of the stack. An optional patch description can be supplied either interactively on via the command
line.
OPTIONS
-f
Force patch creation if there are unrefreshed changes. These changes will get automatically imported into the new patch.
-s
Add a Signed-off-by with your committer identifier string to the patch message.
-e
Edit the patch message interactively. This option can be combined with -s to easily sign off on the patch.
-m <message>
The "<message>" string will used as the commit message. This option can be combined with -s to easily sign off on the patch.
<patchname>
Name of the patch to create. This must be a legal relative pathname string. For example, "foo", "foo/bar", and "foo/bar/foobar" are all
valid.
EXAMPLES
Create a new patch called foobar:
$ guilt-new foobar
Create a patch called foo and supply a patch description interactively:
$ guilt-new -e foo
Create a patch called bar with a provided patch description and sign off on the patch:
$ guilt-new -s -m patch-fu bar
AUTHOR
Written by Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net[1]>
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net[1]>
GUILT
Part of the guilt(7) suite (Generated for Guilt v0.35)
NOTES
1. jeffpc@josefsipek.net
mailto:jeffpc@josefsipek.net
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