Patch status & Patch state in HP UX

Patch Status

Initial values for patch status include the following:

● General Release (GR)
HP has approved GR patches for widespread use.

● Special Release (SR)
HP intends an SR patch for limited distribution. It is available only through special channels.
Modifiers for patch status values include the following:

● Superseded
Indicates that the patch has been replaced by a newer patch. For more information about
supersession, see “Ancestors and Supersession” [43].
Results in the additional patch status values General Superseded and Special
Superseded.

● With Warnings
Indicates that the patch has an associated warning. For more information about warnings, see
“Patch Warnings” [64].
Results in the additional patch status values General Release With Warnings and
Special Release With Warnings.

Patch State

There are four values for patch_state:
● applied
The patch is currently active on the system and is the most recent member of its supersession
chain to have been loaded.

● committed
The patch's rollback files have been deleted, or the patch was installed without saving rollback
files. The patch cannot be directly removed from the system.

● superseded
The patch has been superseded by another patch that has been installed on the system.

● committed/superseded
The patch has been committed and superseded by another patch installed on the system.

Use the following SD-UX commands to determine patch_state values:
 
● Show the patch_state value for patch patch_id:
swlist -l fileset -a patch_state patch_id

● Show the patch_state values for all patches on the local system:
swlist -l fileset -a patch_state *,c=patch