Method and system for analyzing the impact of a software update

A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to determine impact of an update to a software system, by a method comprising:

• receiving an update to the software system, the update identifying resources affected by an update to the software system, the resource identification including a version of the affected resource;
• updating the software system in accordance with the received update wherein the identified resources are affected by the updating;
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• for each software component executing on the computer system after the software system has been updated,
• during the execution of the software component, identifying resources accessed by the software component;
• and
• for each identified accessed resource,
• determining whether the accessed resource corresponds to an affected resource that is affected by the update;
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• if the accessed resource is an affected resource,
• determining whether the version of the affected resource is the same as the version of the accessed resource;
• and
• when the version of the affected resource is not the same as a version of the accessed resource, indicating that the software component is accessing a version of the accessed resource that is different from the version of the affected resource and thereby accessing an out of date resource.

A method in a computing device for managing installation of updates to software systems, the method comprising:

• installing an update to the software systems, the update including an identification of resources affected by the update, the resource identification including a version of the affected resource;
• identifying software components currently executing on the computing device after the software systems have been updated;
• and
• for each software component currently executing on the computing device,
• during execution of the software components, logging by the computing device resources accessed by the software components;
• and
• identifying resources accessed by the software components indicated by the logging that correspond to an affected resource;
• and
• determining whether the version of the affected resource is the same as the version of the accessed resource;
• and
• when the version of the affected resource is not the same as a version of the accessed resource, indicating that the software component is accessing a version of the accessed resource that is different from the version of the affected resource and thereby accessing an out of date resource.