[pca] Problems reading patchdiag.xref file

[Cromwell, Ray, VF-IE]

Hi Martin ,
      I have attached a copy of the file in question . 
In the meantime I will have a look myself and see how many columns only
have 1 character .
Ray .. 
-----Original Message-----
From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at
[mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Martin Paul
Sent: 26 November 2008 08:02
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] Problems reading patchdiag.xref file

Ray,

> Having problems with pca reading patchdiag.xref files taken from Sun 
> eis DVD.

I've never had an EIS DVD in my hands, but I know of others who used its
contents with pca, e.g.: http://www.jessies.org/~car/projects/mkpcadir/

> ERROR: Can't parse input from /tmp/patchdiag.xref:
>   102228|04|Nov/20/96| | |O| |Unbundled|sparc;||OBSOLETED by 104121

The problem is not a long line, but the 7th column which only consists
of one character instead of two. The line should look like this:

102228|04|Nov/20/96| | |O|  |Unbundled|sparc;||OBSOLETED by 104121
                           ^^

Compare with any line in the patchdiag.xref file you get from SunSolve. 
This column is used both for the bad (B) and the y2k (Y) flag.

Do all lines in the xref file on the EIS DVD look like that (you can
send me a copy), and did you use it unmodified?

Martin.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        





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