Re: What is your patch strategy on Sol10 ?

From: Matty (mattyml_at_daemons.net)
Date: 06/07/05 

Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 22:21:22 -0400

Casper H.S. *** wrote:
> Bruce D Porter <bdp@ytc1.co.uk> writes:
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>>If it ain't broke, don't fix it. (Not just Sol10 , any OS)
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> Modulo security problems, that is.
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>>When installing a new system, patch to the latest levels. Once happy
>>review patches (especially security ones) on a regular basis (say
>>monthly). Apply patches when neccesary, test things still work and if not
>>then back them out.
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> smpatch makes this all too easy :-)
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> Sun Alerts will keep you informed about security and other important
> issue, and the rest should mostly be driven by problems you find.
>
> Casper

Does this mean the Recommended bundle is no more? I kinda liked getting
all of the latest reliability/security patches in one bundle. Now we
will be required to bundle patches ourselves when we go through the
deployment to dev, qe and production. :(