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Hello,

I ran into some trouble with Patch 118550-01. Applied via smpatch
it says:

# smpatch add -x idlist=/var/sadm/spool/disallowed_patch_list
...
add patch 118550-01
Version of package SUNWcakr from patch 118550-01 differs
from the package installed on the system.
Patch 118550-01 has been successfully installed.
...

What's that supposed to mean? If the patch is in any way wrong for the
system it should probaly not be applied?

Afterwards the zoneadm install subcommand fails reliably:

# zoneadm -z test1 install
Preparing to install zone <test1>.
Creating list of files to copy from the global zone.
Copying <238> files to the zone.
Initializing zone product registry.
Determining zone package initialization order.
Preparing to initialize <232> packages on the zone.
Initialized <232> packages on zone.
Zone <test1> is initialized.
Installation of these packages generated errors: <SUNWcakr>
Installation of these packages generated warnings: <SUNWntpr>
The file </zones/test1/root/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log>
contains a log of the zone installation.

The file /zones/test1/root/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log reveals:

*** package <SUNWcakr> failed to install - interrupted:

pkgadd: ERROR: packaging file
</var/sadm/pkg/SUNWcakr/save/pspool/SUNWcakr/pkginfo> is corrupt
file size <558> expected <1164> actual

Installation of <SUNWcakr> on zone <test1> failed (internalerror).
No changes were made to the system.

Great.

# grep pkginfo /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWcakr/save/pspool/SUNWcakr/pkgmap
1 i pkginfo 558 44689 1106443707

# ls -l /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWcakr/save/pspool/SUNWcakr/pkginfo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164 May 23 19:02
/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWcakr/save/pspool/SUNWcakr/pkginfo

And it is indeed wrong. What really freaks me out: If I back out patch
118550-01 the zoneadm install command stays broken.

I am thinking to "fix" the pkgmap file by myself. Anyone got a better
idea or knows what interesting effects this course of action might have
in the future? Another nice thing to know would be if I am the only one
seeing this error. I could not find anything about it on sunsolve or on
the net.

Helmut

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