[pca] patch install fail

[Brookins, Neil (Philadelphia)]

Thank you!  The two issues are both resolved.
The "../pca" below is the 20130228-01 version.

$ ../pca -l --minimal missingr -f T2000_hostname
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Feb/27/13
Host: T2000_hostname (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147147-26/sparc/sun4v)
List: missingr-minimal (0/0)

$ ../pca.20130225-01 -l --minimal missingr -f T2000_hostname
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Feb/27/13
Host: T2000_hostname (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147147-26/sparc/sun4v)
List: missingr-minimal (6/3824)

Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------
138876 -- < 01 RS- 999 Obsoleted by: 138876-02 SunOS 5.10: usr/lib/inet/in.dhcpd patch
145929 -- < 05 R-- 574 Obsoleted by: 145929-06 SunOS 5.10: igb driver Patch
145953 -- < 06 R-- 574 Obsoleted by: 145953-07 SunOS 5.10: emlxs driver Patch
146232 -- < 21 RS- 150 Obsoleted by: 146232-22 SunOS 5.10: iSCSI patch
146954 -- < 03 R-- 574 Obsoleted by: 146954-04 SunOS 5.10: routed patch
148169 -- < 03 R-- 377 Obsoleted by: 148169-04 SunOS 5.10: ixgbe patch

$ ../pca -l --minimal missingr -f Sunx86vm
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Feb/27/13
Host: Sunx86vm (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147148-26/i386/i86pc)
List: missingr-minimal (0/0)

$ ../pca.20130225-01 -l --minimal missingr -f Sunx86vm
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Feb/27/13
Host: Sunx86vm (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147148-26/i386/i86pc)
List: missingr-minimal (1/2680)

Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------
118844 -- < 20 RS- 999 Obsoleted by: 118844-27 SunOS 5.10_x86: kernel Patch

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

-----Original Message-----
From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Martin Paul
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:43 AM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] patch install fail

Neil,

> I'd like to automate this process in such a way that the tool would automatically know that these patches are not needed to be installed and avoid having the failures. The goal would be that patches are not attempted to be installed if they are already obsoleted by any newer patch. Would this new functionality be something that PCA could be enhanced to perform?

Actually this check is already done by PCA, and it works fine - unless
the "--minimal" option is used. So you found another bug, which I have
fixed now in the current development release of PCA. My tests look fine,
but it would be great if you could try it on your system as well and let
me know about the result.

If I'm right, this should also fix the other issue you reported
(118844-20 being listed with --minimal although 118855-36 is installed).

Thanks for the report,
Martin.



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