Method and apparatus for determining which program patches to recommend for installation
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Jul 27, 2010
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May 11, 2006
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Oct 29, 2004
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Oct 29, 2004
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A method and system for selecting patches to recommend for installation on a given computer system. The method, for example, comprises selecting one or more patch analyzer programs from a collection of such programs and then executing each selected program, causing it to generate issues by processing a set of patches compatible with the selected program and with the computer system's installed operating system, programs, and patches. Goals are then identified for as many of these issues as practicable, each goal calling for the installation of a patch or one of its successors. Mutually consistent patch installation recommendations are then generated that satisfy as many of the goals as possible and that also satisfy any dependencies of any recommended patch on the prior installation of other patches, guided by patch attributes and successor relationships.
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