Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Daniel DeFolo

William N Pohl

Robert Kentwortz

A method for automatically resolving patch dependencies for a patch bundle is disclosed. The method includes recursively performing steps a) through b) until there are no more required dependencies to be added. Step a) includes ascertaining a first plurality of patches, the first plurality of patches representing patches currently in the patch bundle. Step b) includes adding patches that are required dependencies of the first plurality of patches to the first plurality of patches, the adding excluding any of the required dependencies that is already in the first plurality of patches prior to the adding or superseded by any patch in the first plurality of patches prior to the adding.

Automatically resolving patch dependencies for a path bundle

A computer-implemented method of testing a target system using a stimulus-response test. The method includes obtaining the responses of the target system at predefined monitoring times. Each time the response changes state, a clock is reset, and the elapsed duration is kept from the latest response state change. If the elapsed duration from the last response state change exceeds an expected duration before the next state change, a possible fault is deemed to exist.

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Campbell, CA, United States of America

Daniel DeFolo