Patch Exit Codes
From pressy's brainbackup
Exit Codes for patchadd & patchrm.
patchadd Exit Codes ---------------- 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 38 A prepatch, prePatch or a postpatch script could not be executed 39 A compressed patch was unable to be decompressed 40 Error downloading a patch 41 Error verifying signed patch
patchrm Exit Codes: ---------------- 0 No error 1 Usage error 2 Attempt to backout a patch that hasn't been applied 3 Effective UID is not root 4 No saved files to restore 5 pkgrm failed 6 Attempt to back out an obsoleted patch 7 Attempt to restore CPIO archived files failed 8 Invalid patch id format 9 Prebackout script failed 10 Postbackout script failed 11 Suspended due to administrative defaults 12 Patchrm could not locate the backout data 13 The relative directory supplied can't be found 14 Patchadd has been interrupted, re-invoke patchadd 15 This patch is required by a patch already installed, can't back it out 16 Unable to create safe temporary directory 17 Must be running Solaris 2.6 or greater 18 Error unable to retrieve patch information from SQL DB. 19 Lock file not available 20 Insufficient space to uncompress undo.Z files 21 Unable to copy pkginfo file to pspool directory