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INSTALL_ALREADY_NOT_APPLIED_PATCH not in current context- custom backend binary died

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Marian Gutica <marian.gutica@digital-dispatch.com> wrote:
> Hi Olive,
> Thank you for your reply. The parcel(product) is now recognized but when i ran

> custom -p SCO:SLS -i -z /path/to/media/image
> I got :
> *** Validating selected software

> Fatal Error:
>   The custom+ binary (backend) process has died.

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> Error Stack:
>   Message id "INSTALL_ALREADY_NOT_APPLIED_PATCH" not in the current context

Since this cryptic message appears often, and since its
not a TA, I'll mention it now.  This means that one of the
dependencies of this patch has not been installed, as required.

It your case, it looked like the software manager patch was not installed
prior to the other p[ortion.

-sw

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