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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
William Izard, Sydney, AU;
David DE Vos, Lane Cove, AU;
Andreas Spanner, St. Leonards, AU;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to software patches and, more particularly, to detecting software patch dependencies in an environment where multiple software patches may be installed. A method, computer program product, and system for detecting software patch dependencies receives one or more first lists of software code segments, including changes to the software code segments associated with one or more first software patches. A second list of software code segments that includes software code paths executed at run-time by a second software patch is received. One or more matching code segments are identified. Dependencies of the second software patch based on the one or more matching software code segments are identified. The dependencies represent software patches required by the second software patch. A list of the dependencies is generated.