[pca] Patch pre-requisites

[Fred]

Does the system you're running pca on already meet or exceed the other
unlisted requirements for that kernel patch? Remeber that pca is basically
telling you "This is what I will install, in this order, for the patch you
specify".

Fred

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 1:03 PM, little help <littlehelphere at gmail.com>wrote:

> Actually I did a little more digging on this and the "-l" optin does not
> seem to show the dependencies.  For example I ran the command against a
> kernel patch
>
> Below is the command and the results.  According to this no dependence.
> pca -l 127721-03
>
> Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
> ------ -- - -- --- ---
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 127721 -- < 06 RS-  63 SunOS 5.8: kernel patch
>
> I then untarred the actual patch and looked at the patchinfo file.  You can
> see the patch requires three other patches.  So now I guess I am back to the
> beginning.  Any ideas how to get details on the dependencies for a patch?
> Thanks.
> more patchinfo
> PATCHINFOVERSION="1.0"
> PATCHID=127721-03
> PATCH_CORRECTS='Automate-1.0'
> PATCH_ARCH='sparc'
> PATCH_OS='SunOS'
> PATCH_OSRELEASE='5.8'
> PATCH_PROPERTIES='clientroot clientusr rebootimmediate singleuser'
> *PATCH_REQUIRES="108528-29 117000-05 117350-62"*
> PATCH_OBSOLETES="108727-26 111439-03 112325-01 114671-04 116959-21"
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:37 AM, little help <littlehelphere at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Fred,
>>    Seems to be right - thanks for the tip.
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Fred <fchagnon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You can determine the dependencies of a single patch by supplying the
>>> patch ID in the ARGS list on the command line. For example:
>>>
>>> $ pca -l 142341
>>>
>>> Is that what you wanted?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:55 AM, little help <littlehelphere at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had a quick question about the pre-requisites when installing one
>>>> patch.  I know pca determines dependence, etc and installs patches in that
>>>> order.  However, how do you do this for one single patch.   For example - I
>>>> want to install
>>>> 109326-17 : libresolv.so.2, in.named and BIND9 patch
>>>> Now libresolv.so.2 has C dependencies.  When I do a full pca check for
>>>> my host the C patches come right after the patch for patchadd.  However,
>>>> there are about 20+ patches before I get tot he libresolv patch. Are all
>>>> these patches dependencies?  I don't see how.  I look at the readme file for
>>>> the libresolv patch and do not see anything at all about dependencies.  Is
>>>> there a way to check what requirements this patch needs from pca - perhaps a
>>>> flag, etc?  Thanks.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Fred Chagnon
>>> fchagnon at gmail.com
>>>
>>
>>
>


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Fred Chagnon
fchagnon at gmail.com
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