[pca] Missing packages while installing patches

[Josep Román]

Laurent,

If 125077 is obsoleted by 120011-09 and 120011-09 is not installed, then at
the end, the original 119757 is not finally installed. Right?

As I understood from Paul's reply, he'll make a fix for this situation which
brings me to the following question: Having not much experience with
patching solaris boxes, I hope this kind of / strange/uncontrolled
situations where you have to handle as exceptions are not common ones. Are t
they?

Thanks again for your help.

Regards,

Josep


-----Mensaje original-----
De: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at]
En nombre de Laurent Blume
Enviado el: miércoles, 28 de mayo de 2008 22:18
Para: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Asunto: Re: [pca] Missing packages while installing patches

Josep Román a écrit :
> I see the point. However, the patch at the end is not installed because
it's
> missing the 125077-02 patch, which is not available at Sunsolve's site.
> 
> Is there any way to force the installation? Something â la RPM with the
> --no-dependencies option.


I suggest using the -r option to have that quick access to the README. 
We all missed some useful information there at times, me not the least :-)

./pca -r 119757-12

At the top, there is that explanation:

Patches required with this patch: 119042-09 119254-51 121901-01 
125077-02 (or greater)
     NOTE: None of the 125077 patches were released;
           they are obsoleted by 120011-09 (and greater).

So you won't get 125077, ever, and you don't need it, because the 
dependency will be fulfilled by 120011-09.

As a sidenote, it would be a very bad idea to force installing a patch 
without respecting the dependencies, it would be a sure way to get into 
trouble.

Laurent
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