[pca] PCA

[Martin Paul]

little help wrote:
> I  wanted to get feedback on what other are doing when installing patches.
> For hosts in the environment I am trying to decide if I simply install all
> patches or missingrs?  I am aware of the added time and somewhat risk that
> installing all introduces, but I have not had a problem and it seems to be
> "best practice".  Which one would be closer to the patch cluster?

Closer to the patch cluster is "missingrs". Closest to the patch cluster would 
be "--minimal missingr"; the "--minimal" option is still marked experimental, 
and it heavily depends on absolutely correct data in the patchdiag.xref.

Personally, I prefer to install all missing patches, whenever possible.

> I am wondering if there is an option I can use to have the
> client try to download the latest file and if not use a default location.

Right now it would be best done in a wrapper script around PCA.

One day I might modify the patchurl/xrefurl options to allow specifying more 
than one source (URL, path, "ORACLE", etc.) which would be tried one after 
another. That's quite some work, though, and I can't tell when I will find time 
for it.

Martin.