/usr/sbin/patchadd[177]: PatchArrElem: subscript out of range

This message appears when you run the patchadd -p command on a Solaris 8 system.

You can ignore this message.

To avoid seeing this message, apply patch 108987-13 to your Solaris 8 system.

1. Become superuser.

2. Download the patch to your system from the SunSolve^SM Patch Portal.

3. Use the unzip command to expand the patch from the ZIP archive.

   # unzip 108987-13.zip

   
   

4. Change to the patch directory.

   # cd 108987-13

   
   

5. Apply the patch.

   # patchadd `pwd`

   
   

The following files are already installed on the system and are being used
by another package:

/etc <attribute change only>

Installation of <SUNWppcfg> was suspended (interaction required).

The patch tool setup script did not complete successfully.

The owner or permissions on the /etc directory have changed.

Perform one of the following workarounds:

• Set the owner, group, and permissions of the /etc directory to be root, sys, and 0755, respectively.

• Change the value of the conflict parameter in the /var/sadm/install/admin/default file to be ask or nocheck.

Installing supporting packages...
ufs: NOTICE: alloc: /opt: file system full
mkdir: "/opt/SUNWapcy": No space left on device
mkdir: "/opt/SUNWsdb": No space left on device
mkdir: "/opt/SUNWppro": No space left on device

Error messages such as these appear while you attempt to install PatchPro on your system. Then, the installation hangs.

During the installation of PatchPro, /opt runs out of disk space.

Before you install PatchPro, ensure that /opt contains at least 5 Mbytes of available disk space.

Problem detected during PatchPro initialization process. Please check the
log file.
Exiting.

A problem occurred during the installation of PatchPro.

Check the PatchPro log file for errors. By default, the PatchPro log is the system log (syslog).