[pca] make pca work easier on Linux
Martin Paul
martin at par.univie.ac.at
Fri Feb 26 10:38:44 CET 2010
Hi,
I know that some people use pca under non-Solaris systems like Linux,
e.g. to read patch READMEs, download patches, etc. While this was
already working fine when used in combination with the --fromfiles
option, this was a little cumbersome. So I decided to make a few changes
to allow pca to run without that option on foreign operating systems as
well.
With the currently available development release (20100226-01), useful
commands like these should work on Linux:
# Show all patches matching a pattern
pca -p "Linux" -l total
# Download a patch
pca -d 119254-72
# Look at a patch README
pca -r 119254-72
Using pca to list missing or installed patches on a Linux system will
always come up with empty patch lists. Do not expect pca to show correct
installed/missing data for the ca. 100 Linux patches listed in the xref
file. These are non-standard, "unbundled" patches.
Just in case somebody missed that: Using pca as a proxy server
(pca-proxy.cgi) on Linux has worked before; some of you have been using
that for quite some time now.
Martin.
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