[pca] PCA not reporting on patches that may need to be re-installed

[Rajiv Gunja]

Adding to what David mentioned:

The Patch in question here: 136882-02, which patches ImageMagick package
patches the current version to the same version as the newly installed
version downloaded from Solaris 10 Upade 6 DVD.

Snippet:
<ggr at pcaproxy> pwd
/tmp/136882-02/SUNWimgick

<ggr at pcaproxy> cat pkginfo
PKG=SUNWimagick
NAME=ImageMagick - Image Manipulation Utilities and Libraries
ARCH=sparc
VERSION=11.10.0,REV=2005.01.08.05.16
SUNW_PRODNAME=SunOS
SUNW_PRODVERS=5.10/SunOS Development
SUNW_PKGTYPE=usr
SUNW_OBSOLETES=
MAXINST=1000
CATEGORY=system
DESC=ImageMagick - Image Manipulation Utilities and Libraries 5.4.7
VENDOR=Sun Microsystems, Inc.
HOTLINE=Please contact your local service provider
EMAIL=
CLASSES=none
BASEDIR=/
SUNW_PKGVERS=1.0
SUNW_REQUIRES=
SUNW_INCOMPAT=
SUNW_PATCHID=136882-02
SUNW_PATCH_PROPERTIES=
PSTAMP=sfw10-patch20080918073604

Now lets look at the version from Solaris 10 U6 DVD:

<ggr at pcaproxy> df -k .
Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on
/dev/lofi/1          2599020 2599020       0   100%    /mnt/Sol10U6

<ggr at pcaproxy> pwd
/mnt/Sol10U6/Solaris_10/Product/SUNWimagick

<ggr at pcaproxy> cat pkginfo
ARCH=sparc
BASEDIR=/
CATEGORY=system
DESC=ImageMagick - Image Manipulation Utilities and Libraries 5.4.7
EMAIL=
HOTLINE=Please contact your local service provider
MAXINST=1000
NAME=ImageMagick - Image Manipulation Utilities and Libraries
PKG=SUNWimagick
SUNW_PKGTYPE=usr
SUNW_PKGVERS=1.0
SUNW_PRODNAME=SunOS
SUNW_PRODVERS=5.10/SunOS Development
VENDOR=Sun Microsystems, Inc.
VERSION=11.10.0,REV=2005.01.08.05.16
PSTAMP=sfw10-patch20071219094819
CLASSES=none
PATCHLIST=136882-01
PATCH_INFO_136882-01=Installed: Mon Oct 27 09:15:55 PDT 2008 From: fern
Obsoletes:  Requires:  Incompatibles:
PKG_SRC_NOVERIFY= none
PKG_DST_QKVERIFY= none
PKG_CAS_PASSRELATIVE= none
#FASPACD= none

If you look at the "VERSION" lines in the output, both point to the same
version. In the DVD package info, it lists Patch prerequisite as 136882-01
and not 136882-02.

Note here that Solaris 10 Update 6 has all the patches up to its release
pre-installed in it.

So, there is no need to install that patch again.

-GGR

--
Rajiv G Gunja
Blog: http://ossrocks.blogspot.com


2009/3/21 David Stark <dave at davidstark.name>

> Norman Lyon wrote:
>
>> I've run into problems where a patch may need to be re-installed if
>> someone has added a package after patching.  PCA does not seem to catch
>> this.
>>
>
> As far as I'm aware none of the automated patch tools available for Solaris
> will catch this - they all use 'showrev -p' to check what patches are
> installed. It's one of the many quirks that makes patching Sun boxes so much
> fun.
>
>
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