From aasim.ajaz at gmail.com  Fri Aug 10 22:26:49 2012
From: aasim.ajaz at gmail.com (Aasim Ajaz)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:26:49 -0400
Subject: [pca] multiple pca-proxy.cgi file
Message-ID: <CAMCJtggQ=HdcY7K31dGO=SvG-MGgiMWKiYaaw2aCYDa-zzFsRA@mail.gmail.com>

I am trying to keep patches for solaris 10 and solaris 9 in different
directories on same server.

e.g. /install/solaris/sol10/patches & /install/solaris/sol9/patches.

I have created two conf files /etc/pca-proxy-sol10.conf and
/etc/pca-proxy-sol9.conf

/etc/pca-proxy-sol10.conf
patchdir=/install/solaris/sol10/patches

/etc/pca-proxy-sol9.conf
patchdir=/install/solaris/sol9/patches

and updated pca-proxy.cgi  to change pca-proxy.conf to pca-proxy-sol10.conf
and it works ; however when I change the pca-proxy.cgi to
pca-proxy-sol10.cgi the following shows up

[Fri Aug 10 15:28:25 2012] [error] [client  ] ERROR:
[Fri Aug 10 15:28:25 2012] [error] [client  ] Unknown operand:
patchdiag.xref
[Fri Aug 10 15:28:25 2012] [error] [client  ]
[Fri Aug 10 15:28:25 2012] [error] [client  ] Premature end of script
headers: pca-proxysol10.cgi


any idea ?

regards
aj
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From martin.paul at univie.ac.at  Mon Aug 13 10:09:51 2012
From: martin.paul at univie.ac.at (Martin Paul)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:09:51 +0200
Subject: [pca] multiple pca-proxy.cgi file
In-Reply-To: <CAMCJtggQ=HdcY7K31dGO=SvG-MGgiMWKiYaaw2aCYDa-zzFsRA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAMCJtggQ=HdcY7K31dGO=SvG-MGgiMWKiYaaw2aCYDa-zzFsRA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5028B64F.5010403@univie.ac.at>

Am 10.08.2012 22:26, schrieb Aasim Ajaz:
> and updated pca-proxy.cgi  to change pca-proxy.conf to pca-proxy-sol10.conf
> and it works ; however when I change the pca-proxy.cgi to
> pca-proxy-sol10.cgi the following shows up

PCA has an internal check, which makes it work as a pca-proxy only when 
its filename is "pca-proxy.cgi". You will have to change that in the 
code. The original code is:

   (basename($0) eq "pca-proxy.cgi") && ($o{proxy}=1);

Change it to e.g.:

   (basename($0) =~ /pca-proxy.*cgi/) && ($o{proxy}=1);

hth,
Martin.


From aasim.ajaz at gmail.com  Wed Aug 15 17:01:40 2012
From: aasim.ajaz at gmail.com (Aasim Ajaz)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:01:40 -0400
Subject: [pca] multiple pca-proxy.cgi file
In-Reply-To: <5028B64F.5010403@univie.ac.at>
References: <CAMCJtggQ=HdcY7K31dGO=SvG-MGgiMWKiYaaw2aCYDa-zzFsRA@mail.gmail.com>
	<5028B64F.5010403@univie.ac.at>
Message-ID: <CAMCJtggZuFaFFxNXZh5E9ZO6sEsSsEJSEZgPB4txGtWAPK5DYA@mail.gmail.com>

I made changes on client pca.cgi

 (basename($0) =~ /pca-proxy.*cgi/) && ($o{proxy}=1);
  basename($0) =~ "debug") && ($o{debug}=1);

and ran

#  pca --xrefurl=http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/pca-proxy-sol10.cgi
--patchurl=http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/pca-proxy-sol10.cgi
-l missingrs -V

Option list: 1

Option patchdir: /usr/sbin/.

Option patchurl: http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/pca-proxy-sol10.cgi

Option xrefurl: http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/pca-proxy-sol10.cgi

Option debug: 1

Command: /usr/sbin/pca

ARGV: missingrs

Version: 20120326-01

CWD: /usr/sbin

Found /usr/sfw/bin/wget (1.12, 11200, https)

Using /usr/sfw/bin/wget

Found /usr/bin/uname

Prerequisites for threads not met, setting threads to 0

Never update

Expanded patch list: missingrs

Downloading xref file to /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref

Trying http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/pca-proxy-sol10.cgi

src: url, srcurl: http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/pca-proxy-sol10.cgi?

/usr/sfw/bin/wget --progress=dot:binary -O /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref "http://
192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/pca-proxy-sol10.cgi?patchdiag.xref"

--2012-08-15 10:57:25--
http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/pca-proxy-sol10.cgi?patchdiag.xref

Connecting to  192.168.2.1:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 500 Internal Server Error

2012-08-15 10:57:25 ERROR 500: Internal Server Error.



Failed (Error 500: Internal Server Error)

Failed (patchdiag.xref not found)

osname from uname: SunOS

Reading from /usr/bin/showrev -p  2>/dev/null



ERROR: Can't open xref file /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref (No such file or
directory)

Cleanup


[Wed Aug 15 10:40:58 2012] [error] [client 192.168.2.1] ERROR:
[Wed Aug 15 10:40:58 2012] [error] [client  192.168.2.1 ] Unknown operand:
patchdiag.xref
[Wed Aug 15 10:40:58 2012] [error] [client  192.168.2.1 ]
[Wed Aug 15 10:40:58 2012] [error] [client  192.168.2.1 ] Premature end of
script headers: pca-proxy-sol10.cgi

thanks
aj

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:09 AM, Martin Paul <martin.paul at univie.ac.at>wrote:

> Am 10.08.2012 22:26, schrieb Aasim Ajaz:
>
>  and updated pca-proxy.cgi  to change pca-proxy.conf to
>> pca-proxy-sol10.conf
>> and it works ; however when I change the pca-proxy.cgi to
>> pca-proxy-sol10.cgi the following shows up
>>
>
> PCA has an internal check, which makes it work as a pca-proxy only when
> its filename is "pca-proxy.cgi". You will have to change that in the code.
> The original code is:
>
>   (basename($0) eq "pca-proxy.cgi") && ($o{proxy}=1);
>
> Change it to e.g.:
>
>   (basename($0) =~ /pca-proxy.*cgi/) && ($o{proxy}=1);
>
> hth,
> Martin.
>
>
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From martin.paul at univie.ac.at  Mon Aug 20 10:00:37 2012
From: martin.paul at univie.ac.at (Martin Paul)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:00:37 +0200
Subject: [pca] multiple pca-proxy.cgi file
In-Reply-To: <CAMCJtggZuFaFFxNXZh5E9ZO6sEsSsEJSEZgPB4txGtWAPK5DYA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAMCJtggQ=HdcY7K31dGO=SvG-MGgiMWKiYaaw2aCYDa-zzFsRA@mail.gmail.com>
	<5028B64F.5010403@univie.ac.at>
	<CAMCJtggZuFaFFxNXZh5E9ZO6sEsSsEJSEZgPB4txGtWAPK5DYA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5031EEA5.1020506@univie.ac.at>

Am 15.08.2012 17:01, schrieb Aasim Ajaz:
> I made changes on client pca.cgi
>
>   (basename($0) =~ /pca-proxy.*cgi/) && ($o{proxy}=1);
>    basename($0) =~ "debug") && ($o{debug}=1);

You should make this change in pca-proxy-sol10.cgi, not in the client. 
Sorry if this wasn't clear.

Martin.


From neil.brookins at towerswatson.com  Mon Aug 20 22:27:52 2012
From: neil.brookins at towerswatson.com (Brookins, Neil (Philadelphia))
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:27:52 +0000
Subject: [pca] patch dependency issue w/ 118844-20
Message-ID: <FA3600A479174E4CAC361F03CE19E4CA4FC3820C@EXMB-NA1-05.wwc.wwworldwide.net>

When I run PCA with the --minimal and missingr options it says I need to install 118844-20
However, I see that 118855-36 is already installed and this obsoletes 118844-30.
I'm not understanding why PCA still thinks I need 118844 when I have a newer patch installed that obsoletes this.

# ./pca -l --nocheckxref --xrefdir=. --patchdir=. --minimal missingr
Using /var/tmp/patches/./patchdiag.xref from Aug/15/12
Host: Sunx86vm (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147441-22/i386/i86pc)
List: missingr-minimal (1/2488)

Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------
118844 -- < 20 RS- 999 Obsoleted by: 118844-27 SunOS 5.10_x86: kernel Patch
#
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
showrev -p
...
Patch: 118855-36 Obsoletes:... 118844-30
Patch: 137138-09 Obsoletes:... 118844-30
Patch: 119082-25 Requires:... 118844-24
...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If I update my xref and try again, I still see the same patch:

# ./pca -l --minimal missingr
Downloading xref file to /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref
Trying Oracle
Trying https://getupdates.oracle.com/ (1/1)
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Aug/19/12
Host: Sunx86vm (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147441-22/i386/i86pc)
List: missingr-minimal (5/2505)

Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------
118844 -- < 20 RS- 999 Obsoleted by: 118844-27 SunOS 5.10_x86: kernel Patch
119901 13 < 14 RS-   4 GNOME 2.6.0_x86: GNOME libtiff - library for reading and writing T
126207 09 < 10 RS-   4 SunOS 5.10_x86: zebra ripd quagga patch
145081 06 < 10 RS-   5 SunOS 5.10_x86: Firefox 3 patch
149484 -- < 01 RS-   4 SunOS 5.10_x86: Foomatic patch
#
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# pwd
/var/tmp/patches/118844-20

# patchadd .
Validating patches...

Loading patches installed on the system...

Done!

Loading patches requested to install.

Done!

Checking patches that you specified for installation.

Done!


The following requested patches will not be installed because
they have been made obsolete by other patches already
installed on the system or by patches you have specified for installation.

           0 All packages from patch 118844-20 are patched by higher revision patches.




No patches to install.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Neil G. Brookins
Identity and Authentication Solutions - IT Global Solutions
Towers Watson
1500 Market Street | Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: +1 215 246 6046
neil.brookins at towerswatson.com


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From martin.paul at univie.ac.at  Tue Aug 21 09:22:59 2012
From: martin.paul at univie.ac.at (Martin Paul)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:22:59 +0200
Subject: [pca] patch dependency issue w/ 118844-20
In-Reply-To: <FA3600A479174E4CAC361F03CE19E4CA4FC3820C@EXMB-NA1-05.wwc.wwworldwide.net>
References: <FA3600A479174E4CAC361F03CE19E4CA4FC3820C@EXMB-NA1-05.wwc.wwworldwide.net>
Message-ID: <50333753.2040705@univie.ac.at>

Am 20.08.2012 22:27, schrieb Brookins, Neil (Philadelphia):
> When I run PCA with the --minimal and missingr options it says I need to install 118844-20
> However, I see that 118855-36 is already installed and this obsoletes 118844-30.
> I'm not understanding why PCA still thinks I need 118844 when I have a newer patch installed that obsoletes this.

I can explain what happens, but I'm not sure about a solution for this 
problem. PCA, when using "minimal" sees this information in the xref file:

> 118844 -- < 20 RS- 999 Obsoleted by: 118844-27 SunOS 5.10_x86: kernel Patch

It does not look at any higher revision of 118844, so it does not see 
that 118844-30 was obsoleted by 118855. That's why it lists 118844-20.

When looking at the Recommended Patchset, you'll see that 118844-20 is 
included there as well:

   http://wesunsolve.net/bundle/id/20
   http://wesunsolve.net/readme/bn/20

So that correlates with the information in the xref file. Usually you 
won't see any problems when installing the Patchset (or "--minimal 
--missingr") because 118844-20 will be installed *before* 118855-36, 
which is superfluous, but works.

I can't think of a way to take care of that in PCA - it behaves right, 
in showing exactlz the same patches as in the Recommended Patchset when 
using "--minimal".

Is Don listening? Should 118844-20 be removed from the Recommended 
Patchset, and its synopsis in xref be changed to "Obsoleted by 
118855-36" as well?

The quick solution would be to use PCA's "ignore" option to ignore 
118844 on the affected system. That will do no harm, as it is definitely 
superseded by 118855-36.

Martin.


From David_Warren1 at dell.com  Tue Aug 21 23:37:25 2012
From: David_Warren1 at dell.com (David Warren)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:37:25 -0500
Subject: [pca] Missing list in Solaris 11
Message-ID: <017DE44FE84CD745AFD646D7A4326DA7010DE09475@shandy.Beer.Town>

First time using PCA, I get this message:

root at xxxx:/tmp# ./pca
Downloading xref file to /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref
Trying Oracle
Trying https://getupdates.oracle.com/ (1/1)
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Aug/20/12
Host: eight (SunOS 5.11/11.0/sparc/sun4v)
List: missing (0/0)

I'm not sure where to go from here.
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From gael.martinez at gmail.com  Wed Aug 22 00:23:10 2012
From: gael.martinez at gmail.com (Gael.martinez)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:23:10 -0500
Subject: [pca] Missing list in Solaris 11
In-Reply-To: <017DE44FE84CD745AFD646D7A4326DA7010DE09475@shandy.Beer.Town>
References: <017DE44FE84CD745AFD646D7A4326DA7010DE09475@shandy.Beer.Town>
Message-ID: <8F8646B4-2D29-4888-AEC6-F874022664A8@gmail.com>

David,

Solaris 11 does not use patches but packages updates... Pca will not help you... 

Regards

Gael

Sent from ze G(ael)Phone

On Aug 21, 2012, at 16:37, David Warren <David_Warren1 at dell.com> wrote:

> First time using PCA, I get this message:
>  
> root at xxxx:/tmp# ./pca
> Downloading xref file to /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref
> Trying Oracle
> Trying https://getupdates.oracle.com/ (1/1)
> Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Aug/20/12
> Host: eight (SunOS 5.11/11.0/sparc/sun4v)
> List: missing (0/0)
>  
> I?m not sure where to go from here.
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From fchagnon at gmail.com  Wed Aug 22 02:38:58 2012
From: fchagnon at gmail.com (Fred)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:38:58 -0400
Subject: [pca] Missing list in Solaris 11
In-Reply-To: <8F8646B4-2D29-4888-AEC6-F874022664A8@gmail.com>
References: <017DE44FE84CD745AFD646D7A4326DA7010DE09475@shandy.Beer.Town>
	<8F8646B4-2D29-4888-AEC6-F874022664A8@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CALN8WEp7-DT9Brremvjtu5u1y9fk58Pf7cLqT7kX3UD1GUbV+Q@mail.gmail.com>

Gael is right. Solaris 11 uses IPS repositories for patching. As much as we
love pca -- this is still a very good thing. :)

'pkg update' is your new friend.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Gael.martinez <gael.martinez at gmail.com>wrote:

> David,
>
> Solaris 11 does not use patches but packages updates... Pca will not help
> you...
>
> Regards
>
> Gael
>
> Sent from ze G(ael)Phone
>
> On Aug 21, 2012, at 16:37, David Warren <David_Warren1 at dell.com> wrote:
>
> First time using PCA, I get this message:****
>
> ** **
>
> root at xxxx:/tmp# ./pca****
>
> Downloading xref file to /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref****
>
> Trying Oracle****
>
> Trying https://getupdates.oracle.com/ (1/1)****
>
> Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Aug/20/12****
>
> Host: eight (SunOS 5.11/11.0/sparc/sun4v)****
>
> List: missing (0/0)****
>
> ** **
>
> I?m not sure where to go from here.****
>
>


-- 
Fred Chagnon
fchagnon at gmail.com
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From David_Warren1 at dell.com  Wed Aug 22 16:59:22 2012
From: David_Warren1 at dell.com (David Warren)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:59:22 -0500
Subject: [pca] Missing list in Solaris 11
In-Reply-To: <CALN8WEp7-DT9Brremvjtu5u1y9fk58Pf7cLqT7kX3UD1GUbV+Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <017DE44FE84CD745AFD646D7A4326DA7010DE09475@shandy.Beer.Town>
	<8F8646B4-2D29-4888-AEC6-F874022664A8@gmail.com>
	<CALN8WEp7-DT9Brremvjtu5u1y9fk58Pf7cLqT7kX3UD1GUbV+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <017DE44FE84CD745AFD646D7A4326DA7010DE09551@shandy.Beer.Town>

Thanks! I'm still new to the world of Solaris, but a coworker turned me on to pca. He wasn't sure it would work, and I guess now we know. Thanks for the tip.

From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Fred
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:39 PM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] Missing list in Solaris 11

Gael is right. Solaris 11 uses IPS repositories for patching. As much as we love pca -- this is still a very good thing. :)

'pkg update' is your new friend.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Gael.martinez <gael.martinez at gmail.com<mailto:gael.martinez at gmail.com>> wrote:
David,

Solaris 11 does not use patches but packages updates... Pca will not help you...

Regards

Gael

Sent from ze G(ael)Phone

On Aug 21, 2012, at 16:37, David Warren <David_Warren1 at dell.com<mailto:David_Warren1 at dell.com>> wrote:
First time using PCA, I get this message:

root at xxxx:/tmp# ./pca
Downloading xref file to /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref
Trying Oracle
Trying https://getupdates.oracle.com/ (1/1)
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Aug/20/12
Host: eight (SunOS 5.11/11.0/sparc/sun4v)
List: missing (0/0)

I'm not sure where to go from here.



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From neil.brookins at towerswatson.com  Wed Aug 22 17:02:25 2012
From: neil.brookins at towerswatson.com (Brookins, Neil (Philadelphia))
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:02:25 +0000
Subject: [pca] option --rec=xxx not working?
Message-ID: <FA3600A479174E4CAC361F03CE19E4CA4FC3945D@EXMB-NA1-05.wwc.wwworldwide.net>

I just tried to use the --rec=118777-18 option which I expected to cause PCA to install this patch along with all the other patches.
But it appears to not have installed this extra patch. 
Can  the --rec option be used with the --minimal option?  Or, is my use of --minimal causing the elimination of the extra patch from the result set?
I had wanted to install the entire group of patches with one invocation of PCA, but I got it to work by running the extra patch separately. See below.

# lucreate -n 2012Q3_patches
# lumount 2012Q3_patches
# cd /var/tmp/patches
# nohup ./pca --install --root=/.alt.2012Q3_patches --download --ignore=121430-72 --rec=118777-18 --nocheckxref --xrefdir=. --patchdir=. --minimal missingr >pca.log 2>&1 &
# tail -f pca.log

The above command installed about 70 patches, but not 118777-18.
Then, I tried to install the patch by itself, and it worked fine:

# ./pca --install --user=xxxxxx --passwd=yyyyyy --root=/.alt.2012Q3_patches --download --nocheckxref --xrefdir=. --patchdir=. 118777-18
...
Running patchadd
Successful (10:18:10/00:00:48/00:01:04, 1/1, 1/0/0)
Reboot recommended
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Download Summary: 1 total, 1 successful, 0 skipped, 0 failed
Install Summary : 1 total, 1 successful, 0 skipped, 0 failed


Neil G. Brookins
Identity and Authentication Solutions - IT Global Solutions
Towers Watson
1500 Market Street | Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: +1 215 246 6046
neil.brookins at towerswatson.com


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From gael.martinez at gmail.com  Wed Aug 22 18:08:10 2012
From: gael.martinez at gmail.com (Gael Martinez)
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:08:10 -0500
Subject: [pca] Missing list in Solaris 11
In-Reply-To: <017DE44FE84CD745AFD646D7A4326DA7010DE09551@shandy.Beer.Town>
References: <017DE44FE84CD745AFD646D7A4326DA7010DE09475@shandy.Beer.Town>
	<8F8646B4-2D29-4888-AEC6-F874022664A8@gmail.com>
	<CALN8WEp7-DT9Brremvjtu5u1y9fk58Pf7cLqT7kX3UD1GUbV+Q@mail.gmail.com>
	<017DE44FE84CD745AFD646D7A4326DA7010DE09551@shandy.Beer.Town>
Message-ID: <CAPWPAqL_9+=sD7COwt=0Ft2KYzs8bpsrzk_ovewsFEtwJZh94g@mail.gmail.com>

Hope you enjoy the world of Solaris :) Been immerged in it for 20 years
here and not regretting one bit yet :)

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:59 AM, David Warren <David_Warren1 at dell.com>wrote:

> Thanks! I?m still new to the world of Solaris, but a coworker turned me on
> to pca. He wasn?t sure it would work, and I guess now we know. Thanks for
> the tip.****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:
> pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] *On Behalf Of *Fred
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:39 PM
> *To:* PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [pca] Missing list in Solaris 11****
>
> ** **
>
> Gael is right. Solaris 11 uses IPS repositories for patching. As much as
> we love pca -- this is still a very good thing. :)
>
> 'pkg update' is your new friend. ****
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Gael.martinez <gael.martinez at gmail.com>
> wrote:****
>
> David,****
>
> ** **
>
> Solaris 11 does not use patches but packages updates... Pca will not help
> you... ****
>
> ** **
>
> Regards****
>
> ** **
>
> Gael
>
> Sent from ze G(ael)Phone****
>
>
> On Aug 21, 2012, at 16:37, David Warren <David_Warren1 at dell.com> wrote:***
> *
>
> First time using PCA, I get this message:****
>
>  ****
>
> root at xxxx:/tmp# ./pca****
>
> Downloading xref file to /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref****
>
> Trying Oracle****
>
> Trying https://getupdates.oracle.com/ (1/1)****
>
> Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Aug/20/12****
>
> Host: eight (SunOS 5.11/11.0/sparc/sun4v)****
>
> List: missing (0/0)****
>
>  ****
>
> I?m not sure where to go from here.****
>
>
>
>
> --
> Fred Chagnon
> fchagnon at gmail.com****
>



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From martin.paul at univie.ac.at  Thu Aug 23 09:30:37 2012
From: martin.paul at univie.ac.at (Martin Paul)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:30:37 +0200
Subject: [pca] option --rec=xxx not working?
In-Reply-To: <FA3600A479174E4CAC361F03CE19E4CA4FC3945D@EXMB-NA1-05.wwc.wwworldwide.net>
References: <FA3600A479174E4CAC361F03CE19E4CA4FC3945D@EXMB-NA1-05.wwc.wwworldwide.net>
Message-ID: <5035DC1D.8030404@univie.ac.at>

Am 22.08.2012 17:02, schrieb Brookins, Neil (Philadelphia):
> Can  the --rec option be used with the --minimal option?  Or, is my
> use of --minimal causing the elimination of the extra patch from the
> result set?

I'm afraid that you will indeed have to run PCA twice for that.

The "--minimal" option is kind of special, in that it works right when 
reading the xref file. As 118777-16 is in the Recommended Patchset, PCA 
does not know about 118777-18 later when the --rec option is evaluated.

This is all due to PCA only being able to store and handle a single 
revision per patch. That was fine for a long time, as the xref never 
included information about older patch revisions, only the current. This 
changed only when Sun/Oracle added extra lines for the patches included 
in the Recommended Patchset. As it would have required an enormous 
amount of time to change the internal data structures in PCA to work 
with multiple patch revisions, I chose the much simpler approach, as 
described above.

The idea is that IF you use --minimal, you stick to exactly that patch 
set. This makes a lot of sense, as that's what Oracle recommends: You 
then have a supported and tested configuration. If you add single 
patches later on, you're on your own again.

Martin.


From martin.paul at univie.ac.at  Wed Aug 29 14:58:25 2012
From: martin.paul at univie.ac.at (Martin Paul)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:58:25 +0200
Subject: [pca] New release: 20120829-01
Message-ID: <503E11F1.70604@univie.ac.at>

A new release of PCA has just been published. Here's a list of new 
features and changes:

  * Check for wget in update function
  * Ignore non-executable wget binaries
  * Whitelist: replace 145957 with 146232
  * Whitelist: replace 145958 with 146233
  * Apply check: add 119303, 119304, 119305
  * Apply check: add 147992, 147993
  * Apply check: add 112762
  * Apply check: add 112443

Update:
   pca --update now

Download:
   http://www.par.univie.ac.at/solaris/pca/installation.html

MD5: 5741bdb76e7b28495673bf82d44fccdf


