[pca] Oracle removed support from patchdiag.xref for --minimal option in pca?

[Martin Paul]

Ateeq Altaf wrote:
> Could we approach this a different way by first getting a list of missing
> patches relevant to a patchdiag slightly *newer* than the CPU, then filter
> that list with the list of patches on the CPU?

Should get you close. It also depends whether you succeed in finding the closest 
patchdiag.xref. As soon as it contains at least one patch with a newer rev than 
in the CPU, things get complicated.

Another idea is to use archived copies of the various xref files and try to find 
the one which contains all (or at least the most) of the patches+revisions in 
the CPU list. Then you could that with "pca -l all_patch_IDs_of_CPU".

> I haven't tried any of the above to see if it produces a list as I'm dreading
> trying to navigate Oracle support to see if there's a way to get the recent
> CPU patch_order file without downloading the 2GB zip file.

I'm donwloading the 2GB file right now as I wanted to take a look at it - it 
takes more than 12 hours. This should make clear why we all try to avoid the 
CPU, I guess.

There's a "Read Me" button in the flash interface of MOS, which leads to a file 
including the patch list.

Martin.