[pca] Expected behavior when specifying a patch when required packages are not installed.
Martin Paul
martin at par.univie.ac.at
Thu Mar 19 16:12:12 CET 2009
Jeff,
> Thanks for the info Martin. Just so I make sure I have it straight, if I
> specify a specific patch to install, not a specific revision of a patch,
> then PCA assumes I know the package dependencies and will take action to
> resolve any other patch dependencies, correct?
Right. "pca -i 123456" will list/download/install the newest revision of
that patch plus all other required patches which are not installed.
When using "pca -i 123456-78", pca assumes you want exactly that patch
and nothing else. No dependecy checks will be done.
Martin.
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