Re: SUS client gets Service Pack reinstalled

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 05/12/04


Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 19:00:54 +0200

JVdB (Pandora) wrote:

> Currently I'm deploying a lot of SUS servers. Everything is working great,
> but I'm wondering about one thing: When a SUS clients has al post Service
> pack patches installed (through SUS) and you then run the Service pack
> again, what happens to all the post service pack patches? Do I need to
> reinstall them all? Or is the Service pack intelligent enough to not
> overwrite the patched files?
Hi

No, you don't need to re-install the updates again, a Service Pack
installation will not overwrite the patched files.

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