[pca] smpatch & pca download directory.

[Martin Bellenberg]

McGraw, Robert P <rmcgraw <at> purdue.edu> writes:

> I see by default that smpatch uses /var/sadm/spool to download 
> the .zip files.
> Is there any problem with making pca's default download directory 
> equal to smpatch download directory?


Dear Robert,

that works perfectly together or rather coexists. I use "pca -
X /var/sadm/spool -P /var/sadm/spool ..." 

So, /var/sadm/spool/patchdiag.xref is fetched by pca, 
while /var/sadm/spool/cache is maintained by smpatch. You will observe a time 
lag between both tools: pca is always faster in detecting new patches.

If 'smpatch download' fetches a patch, 'pca -d' is happy with it and will not 
download it again, as both uses the patchfiles in "zip"-format. 

Greetings
Martin