<1> OS configure
Solaris 9 4/04
112233-12


<2> I tried to patch 112763-19 to system but the patch operation failed to execute due to the following messages. It seems something is missing from the platform, kindly please give me some ideas why the patch failed.

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## Executing checkinstall script.
PaTcH_MsG 8 Version 8.0,REV=2003.03.13 of SPROlangx is not installed on this system.
checkinstall script suspends
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All messages are as follows.

Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
## Executing checkinstall script.
PaTcH_MsG 8 Version 8.0,REV=2003.03.13 of SPROlangx is not installed on this system.
checkinstall script suspends

Installation of <SPROlangx> was suspended (administration).
No changes were made to the system.

The following packages are available:
1 SPROlang Sun ONE Studio 8 Compilers Common Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13
2 SPROlangx Sun ONE Studio 8 Common 64-bit Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13

Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: q

test:/112763-19 # pkgadd -a none -d .

The following packages are available:
1 SPROlang Sun ONE Studio 8 Compilers Common Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13
2 SPROlangx Sun ONE Studio 8 Common 64-bit Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13

Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

Processing package instance <SPROlang> from </root/112763-19>

Sun ONE Studio 8 Compilers Common Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13
Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
## Executing checkinstall script.
PaTcH_MsG 8 Version 8.0,REV=2003.03.13 of SPROlang is not installed on this system.
checkinstall script suspends

Installation of <SPROlang> was suspended (administration).
No changes were made to the system.

There is 1 more package to be installed.

Do you want to continue with installation [y,n,?] y

Processing package instance <SPROlangx> from </root/112763-19>

Sun ONE Studio 8 Common 64-bit Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13
Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
## Executing checkinstall script.
PaTcH_MsG 8 Version 8.0,REV=2003.03.13 of SPROlangx is not installed on this system.
checkinstall script suspends

Installation of <SPROlangx> was suspended (administration).
No changes were made to the system.

The following packages are available:
1 SPROlang Sun ONE Studio 8 Compilers Common Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13
2 SPROlangx Sun ONE Studio 8 Common 64-bit Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13

Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: 1

Processing package instance <SPROlang> from </root/112763-19>

Sun ONE Studio 8 Compilers Common Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13
Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
## Executing checkinstall script.
PaTcH_MsG 8 Version 8.0,REV=2003.03.13 of SPROlang is not installed on this system.
checkinstall script suspends

Installation of <SPROlang> was suspended (administration).
No changes were made to the system.

The following packages are available:
1 SPROlang Sun ONE Studio 8 Compilers Common Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13
2 SPROlangx Sun ONE Studio 8 Common 64-bit Components
(sparc) 8.0,REV=2003.03.13

Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

Processing package instance <SPROlang> from </root/112763-19>

I can't help you with this specific problem, but I can say that I'm very disappointed with Sun's patches lately. The last 6 months to 1 year or so, I've had far more problems than ever before! Patches that break more items than they fix. Patches that make systems unbootable. Patches that won't apply for seemingly no reason. Patches that cause unrelated applications to break in mysterious ways. And worse, now I'm dealing with a patch that won't back out (after it broke another application (also Sun software) on my system!).

Unless it's an immediate issue (security or stability), I won't even attempt to patch anymore. The risk is just too high anymore. I've been a huge supporter of Sun (having moved to Solaris to get away from some of the Linux flakiness), but the recent patching issues are making me take a hard look at other platforms again. They make lots of good hardware (although I've had some bad episodes with the entry-level AMD based stuff), Solaris is a wonderfully stable OS, but only if you don't patch it!

to UltraSoul: I suspect you are trying to install patches with the pkgadd command. The correct way is by using patchadd.