[pca] 139555-08

[Martin Paul]

McGranahan, Jamen wrote:
> patchadd is unable to find the INST_RELEASE file for the target
> filesystem. This file must be present for patchadd to function
> correctly.

Interesting message, never seen that before. It's even mentioned in the 
man page for patchadd:

   Explanation and Recommended Action

     The INST_RELEASE file is missing  from  the  system.
     This file is created during either initial installa-
     tion or during an update.

So, the most interesting question: What does 'cat 
/var/sadm/system/admin/INST_RELEASE' show?

> What I don't understand is that several other patches installed just
> fine. If there was a file that wasn't present and prevented patchadd
> from running for this patch, wouldn't affect the other patches as
> well? 

But can you install other patches now, or do they all fail with the 
above message? Maybe the file got lost recently. Whenever I see /var 
involved, the first thing to ask is whether /var is a separate file 
system and whether it's still mounted and fine?

Martin.