[pca] Non-existing patch

Martin Paul martin at par.univie.ac.at
Fri Oct 28 14:55:10 CEST 2011


Hi Don,

> After investigation it turns out that the database could not handle an update to 
> the actual 'requires' field, as there is an integrity check in place to ensure 
> that the 'requires' field is consistent with the info in the pkginfo 
> SUNW_REQUIRES filed (which patchadd uses to resolve patch dependencies).
> Essentially, this check prevents us updating the database's patch requirements.

So the obvious solution - updating the SUNW_REQUIRES field itself - is not an 
option either, I guess?

Or wouldn't it be possible to add information about 126677 to the patch 
database? At the end, not much more information than "obsoleted by 124628-03" 
would be needed, which would then show up in patchdiag.xref, too?

> Hope this makes sense!

Kind of. Although sometimes I'm glad that certain things don't make sense to me; 
understanding too much might lead to insanity :)

Martin.



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