Re: URL for patch info

healyzh_at_aracnet.com
Date: 06/17/04


Date: 17 Jun 2004 03:32:55 GMT

Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER <peter@langstoeger.at> wrote:
> http://www.support.compaq.com.au/
> ftp://ftp.hp.com.au/pub/patches/vms/

> If you think of the australian support site, it is no longer current
> because in Oct 2003 (in the middle of V7.3-1) hp stopped feeding ECOs
> into this system. The site is still up and is valueable for previous
> VMS versions and ECOs but it is no longer that important it was earlier.

Rats. That is the site I was looking for, I really wish they were keeping
it going.

> I currently recommend

> ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/

I'm really looking for something that would tell me if I just installed
7.3-2 what patches I need to install to have a fully up to date system, and
what order I should install them in.

I finally got an account for the "IT Resource Center". Which reminds me,
does it offer anything like the old patch mail list?

                Zane



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