Patchadd error codes

Antonello Piemonte
email (remove the pig noise): apiemont at SNORT googlemail dot com


When installing patch bundles under Solaris you get a lot of return codes from the various patches. These are patchadd exit codes, and patchadd is a script that is used during the patching procedure. I constantly forget what they mean, this list can be found inside the patchadd script or here (taken from Solaris 8):

      
               0       No error
               1       Usage error
               2       Attempt to apply a patch that's already been applied
               3       Effective UID is not root
               4       Attempt to save original files failed
               5       pkgadd failed
               6       Patch is obsoleted
               7       Invalid package directory
               8       Attempting to patch a package that is not installed
               9       Cannot access /usr/sbin/pkgadd (client problem)
               10      Package validation errors
               11      Error adding patch to root template
               12      Patch script terminated due to signal
               13      Symbolic link included in patch
               14      NOT USED
               15      The prepatch script had a return code other than 0.
               16      The postpatch script had a return code other than 0.
               17      Mismatch of the -d option between a previous patch install and the current one.
               18      Not enough space in the file systems that are targets of the patch.
               19      $SOFTINFO/INST_RELEASE file not found
               20      A direct instance patch was required but not found
               21      The required patches have not been installed on the manager
               22      A progressive instance patch was required but not found
               23      A restricted patch is already applied to the package
               24      An incompatible patch is applied
               25      A required patch is not applied
               26      The user specified backout data can't be found
               27      The relative directory supplied can't be found
               28      A pkginfo file is corrupt or missing
               29      Bad patch ID format
               30      Dryrun failure(s)
               31      Path given for -C option is invalid
               32      Must be running Solaris 2.6 or greater
               33      Bad formatted patch file or patch file not found
               34      Incorrect patch spool directory
               35      Later revision already installed
               36      Cannot create safe temporary directory
               37      Illegal backout directory specified

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