[Info-vax] OpenVMS Patch FTP server URI

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In article <f593acb1-205c-4b6a-a4de-383a11a21ee5 at u26g2000vby.googlegroups.com>, RobertsonEricW <robertsonericw at netzero.net> writes:
>On Jul 2, 5:41=A0am, Matt <scope-nospam.matt... at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> On 30/06/2011 19:36, RobertsonEricW wrote:
>>
>> > Does anybody know the OpenVMS Patch FTP server URI? Also, has this URI
>> > changed with the new web-based HP Support Center Patch Management
>> > Service?
>>
>> > Thanks in advance for any information.
>>
>> > Eric
>>
>> I think patches are now only available via the website and only to
>> customers who have a current software support contract with HP.
>>
>> Matt
>
>Yes. The Company I work for has a software support contract. The
>reason I asked the question was because there is a bug in the online
>patch management logic that prevents you from downloading a patch that
>depends on another patch that was rescinded and replaced with a newer
>updated patch. I thought that only the anonymous FTP download was
>removed but, that user based ftp might still be available so that I
>could download the "unobtainable" patch directly via FTP. This is
>actually frustrating because I had a similar problem a couple of years
>ago which I reported to OpenVMS engineering. I was expecting this
>would no longer be a problem. Apparently my expectations are too high.

This is HP.  You'll need to set your expectations thermostat much much
lower.

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