This article is a legacy article. It applies to previous versions of the Liferay product. While the article is no longer maintained, the information may still be applicable.
When trying to apply Security Update 2012-05-25 the following error message occurs: "security-hotfix-5-6012 :: Currently not installed; Won't be installed: Requires the path for tunnel-web. Please set tunnel.web.path variable in the configuration."
Resolution
This issue requires tunnel-web to be installed in order for it to be installed. Since it is not installed, the patch is not necessary for this environment, however if tunnel-web is setup in the future, you will have to follow these steps to setup your patching-tool to point to tunnel web correctly:
1. Navigate to the patching-tool folder.
2. Edit the default.properties for patching tool.
3. Add in / define the filepath for tunnel-web.
You should be able to install the patch after this is setup. Please also note that web-tunnel is on by default in a 6.1 EE bundle.