[pca] pca patch recursion

[Jeremy Finn]

Martin,

That is exactly what I'm after. Many thanks for the suggestion - I'll give
it a try.

Regards,
Jeremy

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 3:42 AM, Martin Paul <martin at par.univie.ac.at>wrote:

> Hi Jeremy,
>
>
> Does anybody know of a way to make pca recurse and look to see if a patch
>> which has obsoleted the listed patch is installed on the system?
>>
>
> Not directly. But you can maybe use the "chkmin" script I've put onto
> http://www.par.univie.ac.at/solaris/pca/contrib.html - its primary use is
> to check whether certain patches are installed in a given minimum revision,
> and it will also follow patch obsoletions.
>
> Example:
>
>  $ ./chkmin 118816-04
>  $
>
> This means that either 118816-04 or a patch which obsoletes it (127885-01
> in that case) is installed. This is useful if you have a list of "required
> patches" for a certain application, which you can then be reduced to those
> which must be installed. Maybe that's what you're after anyway?
>
> Martin.
>
>
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