Chris Mattern <syscjm@gwu.edu> wrote in message news:<3F2538E8.7030907@gwu.edu>...
> Steve Nottingham wrote:
> > chrisg@warpspeed.com.au (Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]) wrote in message news:<ac231360.0307262101.7f98680@posting.google.c om>...
> >
> >>Hi All,
> >> A simple question (or ten). Are AIX fixes cumulative. I think that
> >>they are, but I'd like some confirmation.
> >
> >
> > They are cumulative.
>
> Not always. See below.
>
> >
> >
> >> Do I just put 4.3.3.2 on or can I put on 4.3.3.76?
> >>
> >
> >
> > If you do a update all, installp will install the highest version and
> > not bother with the older ones at all as .76 supercedes all the others
>
> Er, this is not always true. Some patches are complete supersedes and
> some are incremental and will require you to put in an intermediate patch
> first. There is no way to tell from the numbers that I know of. installp
> will of course manage the dependencies and tell you when you need an
> intermediate, and will automatically properly install prereq and then
> requested patchlevel if you have the prereq available. If you are fetching
> patches from IBM the website can tell you what patch files you will need.
>
> Chris Mattern

In all the years I've worked on AIX, all operating system fixes are supercedes.

Other software, for examaple Java tends to be incremental.

As we were answering questions about the O/S then I believe I answers stand.

Steve