[pca] PCA Forum Link - And question about PCA

[Jack VAN GORKUM]

Hi,

First, thanks for the PCA application. We have been using PCA for some
time now, and like the results (especially the HTML formatted reports).

Can you send me the link to the actual forum (if there is one) as I
cannot find it.

We noticed several patches which show up on PCA that do not show up with
Sun's Update Manager. It turns out the more accurate report is PCA's
information.

When we contacted Sun, they informed us the following;

	"PCA utilises the patchdiag.xref file which is included with
patches. However, this file is dependent on being accurate in the first
place and (cannot be guaranteed to continue to be updated.) 

	Update Manager uses a dynamic knowledge base. Within each patch
within the knowledge base should now be (or depending on the patch
writer at the time may not necessarily be) a realisation or patchinfo
file. This realisation is utilised by the Update Manager to recommend
patches. If the realisation is not there then Update Manager cannot
recommend the patch, even if it is applicable. 

	Patches that should appear in the update manager will appear in
the current.zip file. you could compare the current.zip and the
patchdiag.xref and the results should be pretty similar. I would not
guarantee that they exactly match as the way both files are generated
are completely different, and thus differences can and most likely will
occur.

	The manual application of this patch would succeed.

	It is a case of not being recommended as Update Manager does not
know to recommend it. 

	There are a number of older patches that do not have
realisations for them, these were generally produced prior to new rules
regarding to patch realisations being introduced.

	Whether these patches will be given a generic realisation is
still being debated, however, it would not happen any time soon, due to
the testing that would be required and most certainly would not occur
before Solaris 8 is completely end of life'd."

Are there plans to modify PCA to use whatever patch realization method
(or info) Sun will guarantee to keep up to date ?

Cheers, Jack van Gorkum

Jack van Gorkum 
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