[pca] Problems with UTF patch on minimized system

[Martin Paul]

Hi,

> thanks for your help. I did try to add the mentioned packages but after 
> that I got even more of these error messages, so I did not try further.

Yes, the problem is that package A again will require package B and C, 
and so on, and finally you end up installing "Entire Distribution" 
anyway. I've always been a fan of "don't install what you don't need", 
too, but Sun doesn't seem to favour this approach anymore.

> Perhaps there could be implemented a "distribution service" in pca? We 
> use a proxy-setup and all of our client machines have identical pca.conf 
> files.

I guess NFS (and a central pca.conf) is not feasible for you? The idea 
of having a central pca.conf on a proxy might be worth thinking about in 
the future, though. I'll put it on my ToDo list, but don't expect 
anything soon.

> I'm wondering, why this problem had not hit me earlier. I use pca for 
> about 2 years now (GREAT THANKS again to you!) without the need to add 
> even ONE ignore line. So I thought this is a special problem which could 
> be solved by the Sunny boys or you.

I've had similar issues reported to me, but probably not more than one 
per year. Actually, I agree that Sun should be able to fix this. IMHO, 
it's a bug when package A doesn't require package B, but a patch for 
package A requires a patch for package B. If you can install package A 
without package B, I guess you should always be able to install a patch 
for package A without requiring a patch for package B.

> Thanks again. I really don't know what to do if pca would no exists.

Thanks, me neither. If it wouldn't exist, I'd have to create it :)

Martin.