[pca] Download patches with dependencies.

Martin Paul martin at par.univie.ac.at
Wed Sep 2 09:25:07 CEST 2009


Hi,

> I want to download a set of patches with their dependencies. I already
> have these patches installed but I am downloading these for
> installation on an alternate BE. I think the dependencies are not
> being downloaded because the patches are already installed on the
> current BE.

The key is to point pca at the alternate BE and to make it read 
information about installed packages and patches from there. That's what 
pca's -R/--rootdir option is for. Using "pca -R /mountedABE" it will 
behave just as if the system was booted from the ABE.

Martin.



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