Infrastructure Software

Hi all,

Iam trying to install some OS patches in SunOS 5.8 machine[sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R]
But after the process starts, it seems to get stuck in an endless loop. I get the following messages.
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Checking installed patches...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
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After the second line, the process of installing patch does not seem to end.

I did the install in single mode.

Rebootted the machine and did an fsck. But didnt help. Tried downloading a patch to patch 'patchadd' , but could not install it as well.

I tried debugging the patchadd. Here is a debugging trace.

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required utlsa are available
Checking installed patches...
Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)...
+ exit_code=0
+ pkgInst=
+ pkgDispList=
+ dryrunFailure=
+ ReqArrCount=0
+ firstTimeThru=yes
+ cd /var/spool/patch/112396-02
+ + pwd
curdir=/var/spool/patch/112396-02
+ typeset -i pkgInsCtr=0
+ newpkglist= SUNWcsr
+ pkgInst= SUNWcsr
+ newpkglist= SUNWcsr SUNWcsu
+ pkgInst= SUNWcsr SUNWcsu
+ pkglist= SUNWcsr SUNWcsu
+ [[ -f SUNWcsr/pkginfo ]]
+ echo inside. . . .
inside. . . .
+ /usr/bin/cp /tmp/patchadd-127541250/response.1250 /tmp/patchadd-127541250/response.1250.1
+ [[ yes == no ]]
+ [[ yes == yes ]]
+ echo first time thru
first time thru
+ [[ no == yes ]]
+ pkgadd -D /tmp/patchadd-127541250/112396-02.1250 -S -n -a /tmp/patchadd-127541250/admin.tmp.1250 -r /tmp/patchadd-127541250/
response.1250.1 -R / -d . SUNWcsr SUNWcsu
+ 1>> /tmp/patchadd-127541250/pkgaddlog.1250 0< /dev/null 2>& 1
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It seems like it is getting stuck in the pkgadd command .


Any help on this would be highly appreciated.


Thanks,
Vimalnath. A