[pca] Download all patches

[little help]

Thanks for the quick reply.  What is the -askauth parameter?  I dont see it
as an option.  Also, correct me if I am wrong - but from what I understand
if I run the command you have below it would download all missing patches
for that client it was run on to the patchdir (in this case an NFS dir).  I
too use an NFS dir and patch Solaris 8, 9, 10 and x86.  I think I would need
to run this command from each host to get the "full" list.  I am basically
looking for a way to run the download from my main proxy server for all
builds, etc.
It seems like another option is to parse the patchdiag.xref file, do a diff
and pass an missing patches to pca.  I just thought there may be an easier
way to do this, if anyone has an idea.  Thanks again.

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Earle, William B - GS <
William.Earle at itt.com> wrote:

>  Hey Little bit o help,
>
>
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> I download the patches to a central location on a NFS share and then
> install from that mount point to all of the clients.
>
>
>
> PCA will check to see if the required patches are currently available in
> the mount point, if not the patches would be downloaded.
>
>
>
> to download all of the patches and a fresh patchdiag.xref:
>
> /usr/local/bin/pca --download \
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>                 --patchdir=/some/nfs/mount/point \
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>                 --askauth
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>
>
> then to install them on your system(s):
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>   - I manually copy the patchdiag.xref to the target system(s).
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>                 /usr/local/bin/pca --install \
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>                                 --patchdir=/some/nfs/mount/point \
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>                                 --nocheckxref
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>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> *From:* pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:
> pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] *On Behalf Of *little help
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:08 PM
> *To:* PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
> *Subject:* [pca] Download all patches
>
>
>
> Is there a way to go through the patchdiag.xref and download all missing
> patches.  I know I can go to a client and download local copies, but I would
> like to periodically do this on the proxy servers.  I tried pca --download
> but this seems to be a one off for each client it is run on.  Thanks.
>
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