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From: mark@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Mark Davies)
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Subject: Re: HP-UX features
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petersor@egr.msu.edu (Rick Peterson) writes:
>	Second, since HP software comes in update format it is impossible
>	to do anything at all different from the standard install.

Have you actually looked at what update format is?  At least since 7.0 (and
from memory earlier on the 800's) it is just a tar file with a standard
file structure.

I often just go in and tar chunks off without having to get near update.

cheers
mark