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Subject: -2- How can I determine which release of IRIX I'm running
and which patches are applied?
Date: 28 Apr 2000 11:58:53 PDT
On pre-6.5 systems, a 'uname -a' will give you the Irix version of
the currently running kernel. The 6.5.x release added the '-R' flag
which reports the current revision number (e.g. 6.5.6m). See the
uname(1) manpage for other options.
Of more general use, since the running kernel does not always
reflect installed software, is the versions(1M) command. 'versions'
with no arguments provides a full listing all the installed software
components. 'versions -b | grep patch ' provides a brief listing of
installed patches. Note that the use of patches is depricated in the
6.5 release stream. Software subsystems are now "updated" so in with
a few exceptions (e.g. systems running legato networker), there should
be no patches installed.
IRIX 5.2's System Manager ('chost') has the IRIX version number under
"IRIX Version" and a listing of installed software under "Software"
(the "Show Installed" button).
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