[pca] Patch pre-requisites

[Glenn Satchell]

There is some slight differences here.

When you give pca the patch *and* the revision number it assumes that 
you want information about *only* that one patch.

If you the patch number *without* the revision, then it looks up the 
patch and dependencies in patchdiag.xref and gives all to you.

 >             $ pca -l 142341
 >
 >             Is that what you wanted?

 >     Below is the command and the results.  According to this no 
dependence.
 >     pca -l 127721-03

Try using

	pca -l 127721

regards,
-glenn


On 06/14/11 03:28, Fred wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>         <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:fchagnon at gmail.com>
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> --
> Fred Chagnon
> fchagnon at gmail.com <mailto:fchagnon at gmail.com>