From: bill on
/usr/sbin/patchadd -M dir 128229-04 141858-04 142363-03

what /usr/sbin/patchadd
/usr/sbin/patchadd:
pdo.c 12:20PM JT 22 Mar 2005 SMI
SunOS 5.10 Generic 119255-71 Nov 2009

fails

...... Package SPROmrcc from directory SPROmrcc in patch 142363-03 is not
installed on the system. Changes for package SPROmrcc will not be
applied to the system.
Package SPROcc from directory SPROcc in patch 142363-03 is not installed
on the system. Changes for package SPROcc will not be applied to the system.

0 No Packages from patch 128229-04 are installed on the system.

1 No Packages from patch 141858-04 are installed on the system.

2 No Packages from patch 142363-03 are installed on the system.

Sun studio 12 was installed later Sun studio 12 update 1 was installed
then Sun studio 12 was uninstalled leaving packages as SPROcc.2 ,
SPROmrcc.2 ...


Work around:
/usr/lib/patch/patchadd 128229-04 141858-04 ( the old ksh version )
works

Checking installed patches...
Installing patch packages...

Patch 128229-04 has been successfully installed.
See /var/sadm/patch/128229-04/log for details

Patch packages installed:
SPROcpl.2
SPROcplx.2
SPROscl.2
SPROsclx.2

Checking installed patches...
Installing patch packages...

Patch 141858-04 has been successfully installed.
See /var/sadm/patch/141858-04/log for details

Patch packages installed:
SPROlang.2
SPROlangx.2


Maybe helpful info for others and hopefully someone will forward the
problem to the right Sun group.

This was x86, but sparc is similar.



Bill