[pca] Understanding --fromfiles

[Fred Chagnon]

Am I wrong in my understanding that Sun will let you download only
security patches without a service contract? If this is correct, then
you can get those with a:

pca -i --fromfiles /path missings



On 11/11/09, Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Bliss, Kevin L <Bliss.Kevin at con-way.com>
> wrote:
>> Try it without the "*".
>>
>
> That worked indeed. Thanks!
>
> Now if I could make it tell me whether I am not allowed to download a
> patch (as opposite of it not being available) instead of just saying
>
> Trying https://sunsolve.sun.com/ (1/1)
> Failed
> Failed (patch not found)
>
> I would be golden.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at
>> [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Mauricio Tavares
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:13 PM
>> To: pca at lists.univie.ac.at
>> Subject: [pca] Understanding --fromfiles
>>
>> I am having a bit of an issue with  --fromfiles. After installing pca,
>> I ran uname -a, showrev -p, and pkginfo -x and save output in a
>> directory called solaris8:
>>
>> bash-3.00# ls /export/pub/sol8/patches/solaris8
>> pkginfo.out  showrev.out  uname.out
>> bash-3.00#
>>
>> When I ask pca to download the patches, I get the following message:
>>
>> bash-3.00# ~/pca --fromfiles=/export/pub/sol8/patches/solaris8/* -d
>> missing
>>
>> ERROR: Can't find pkginfo/showrev/uname output with prefix
>> /export/pub/sol8/patches/solaris8/*
>> bash-3.00#
>>
>> Anything I did wrong?
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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Fred Chagnon
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