[pca] synchronization between "recommended patch cluster" and patchdiag.xref?

[Paul B. Henson]

On a currently open support request, Sun is complaining that the patches on
our server are way out of date and we should install the recommended patch
cluster.

We don't do patch clusters; we do pca :).

A number of the patches they indicate should be installed do not appear to
be marked as recommended in the patchdiag.xref (my current one is dated
Oct/14/09), including for example:

> ALERT: 140789 missing (current -01): SunOS 5.10_x86: nfsd, nfs4cbd, lockd patch

140789|01|May/18/09| | | |
|10_x86|i386;118855-36;120012-14;127128-11;|SUNWnfscu:11.10.0,REV=2005.01.21.16.34;SUNWnfssu:11.10.0,REV=2005.01.21.16.34;|SunOS
5.10_x86: nfsd, nfs4cbd, lockd patch

> ALERT: 140388 missing (current -01): SunOS 5.10_x86: statd patch

140388|01|May/14/09| | | |
|10_x86|i386;118855-36;120012-14;|SUNWnfscu:11.10.0,REV=2005.01.21.16.34;|SunOS
5.10_x86: statd patch

> ALERT: 141933 missing (current -02): SunOS 5.10_x86: unshare patch

141933|02|Aug/20/09| | | |
|10_x86|i386;137138-09;141734-02;|SUNWnfssu:11.10.0,REV=2005.01.21.16.34;|SunOS
5.10_x86: unshare patch

If they would have been marked as recommended, we would have already had
them installed.

Has anyone compared the contents of the recommended patch cluster to the
patchdiag file lately? I recall reading in the past occurrences where they
were not the same.

It seems they really should be. Perhaps our resident Sun ambassador could
provide some feedback :)?

Thanks...


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