[pca] Duplicate patches

[Fredrich Maney]

I should have done some more googling before sending that.

It looks like the solution to my problem is to build a custom
finish script that utilizes PCA to patch the system instead of
using the patch cluster.

Now all I have to do is build the finish script. :) 

fpsm
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Fredrich Maney, SCSA, SCNA, SCSecA
UNIX Systems Administrator
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fredrich Maney
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:55 PM
> To: 'PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion'
> Subject: Duplicate patches
> 
> All,
> 
> I've run into something rather frustrating. Namely that the finish
> scripts for patching expect patches to be an extracted patch cluster
> - i.e. a directory containing a patch_order file and subdirectories
> for each patch; while PCA looks for individual zip archives for each
> patch. This is forcing me to store every patch at least twice - once
> in a repository for PCA as a zip file, and once for every patch cluster
> that I have for my Jumpstart environment.
> 
> For example, for Jumpstart:
> /jumpstart/Patches/10_Recommended/patches/141588-04
> /jumpstart/Patches/10_Recommended/patches/141899-03
> 
> And for PCA:
> /patchrep/141588-04.zip
> /patchrep/141899-03.zip
> 
> Ideally I'd like to just have to store one copy of the patch in
> some sort of compressed manner. Does anyone have any suggestions on
> how I could accomplish consolidating these?
> 
> Thanks,
> fpsm
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