[pca] pca patch list questions

[McGraw, Robert P]

I would like to get a patch list in the xxxxxx.yy format of just the RS patches that are safe and do not require a reboot. 
In the past I did this by running pca with the pretend parameter and wondering if there was an better pca way.



If I run

     pca --safe --noreboot -l missingrs	

I get the following type of list

Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------
120273 33 < 34 RS-   5 SunOS 5.10_x86: SMA patch
121431 73 < 74 RS-  10 SunOS 5.8_x86 5.9_x86 5.10_x86: Live Upgrade Patch
124631 60 < 61 RS-  11 SunOS 5.10_x86: System Administration Applications, Network, and C
145900 08 < 09 RS-   6 SunOS 5.10_x86: SVM patch
145930 07 < 08 R--   5 SunOS 5.10_x86: igb Patch
146233 12 < 13 RS-  14 SunOS 5.10_x86: iSCSI patch
147005 03 < 04 RS-  13 SunOS 5.10_x86: ehci patch
147441 11 < 12 RS-  11 SunOS 5.10_x86: Solaris kernel patch
148658 -- < 01 RS-  13 SunOS 5.10_x86: telnet patch

QUESTION 1) how does pca know that a patch requires a reboot? 

QUESTION 2) would  the above list only show RS patches that do not require a reboot, or is that determined at the time of the install? 

QUESTION 3) would the above list be in the correct patch order?

QUESTION 4) is there a pca parameter to list the patches in the xxxxx.yy format.


I would like to get a patch list in the xxxxxx.yy format of just the RS patches that are safe and do not require a reboot. In the past I did this by running pca with the pretend parameter.

Thanks

Robert

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