[pca] Packages and false patch information

[Bleek Thomas]

Hello,

I think it would be better to strictly follow the advices in the link you provided. That would be better than relying on PCA to fix the underlying problem.
It it not so difficult to upgrade to an actual maintenance release with LU.

Best regards,
thomas

Am 08.02.2010 um 05:06 schrieb Dan Cook:

> Hi.
> 
> Recently we patched some systems in our company. Several encountered this issue where a package from a later Update of Solaris 10 was applied. See this link for a short description:
> http://blogs.sun.com/patch/entry/do_not_apply_packages_from
> 
> PCA did not seem to handle this situation well, and seemed to produce an unbootable system. The fault seems to be partially installed patches, introduced through previously added later update packages, and then reported through showrev -p. Presumably PCA then assumes that this patch is already applied and then continues applying patches, including those for which the partially installed patch is a pre-requisite.
> 
> My query is, can PCA be changed to recognise this situation? I see both patchdiag.xref and showrev -p have package names associated with each of the patches.
> 
> Thanks!
> Dan.

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