[pca] 11866[67]-53 is not Recommended.

[Ron Halstead]

Neil,

Your/'/Notice of Confidentiality' is from the Department of Redundancy Department.

Ron Halstead
Sr. UNIX Administrator
(702) 642-7752

On 6/24/13 7:07 AM, Brookins, Neil (Philadelphia) wrote:
>
> FYI: This issue was resolved the very next day after I sent the email 
> below. The Java 5 patches now have the recommended flag set in 
> patchdiag.xref.
>
> So, this is just a case of the patchdiag.xref updates just taking an 
> extra day longer for some patches than others.
>
> 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 <mailto:neil.brookins at towerswatson.com>
>
> *From:*pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at 
> [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] *On Behalf Of *Brookins, Neil 
> (Philadelphia)
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:18 AM
> *To:* pca at lists.univie.ac.at
> *Subject:* [pca] 11866[67]-53 is not Recommended.
>
> I was just noticing in the patchdiag.xref that 11866[67]-53 (For Java 
> 5) does not have the "R" flag
>
> whereas the 12513[67]-54 (for Java 6) does have the "R" flag.
>
> I looked at the README files for each to see if the latter one had 
> included a security issue that the former did not list.
>
> I was surprised that the two lists of bug fixes were very similar. So, 
> I can't explain why the "R" flag is not set for the Java 5 version.
>
> If the list of fixes is the same, then the "R" flag should be the 
> same. Am I not understanding something?
>
> PCA is working correctly in this case. It tells me I need the latest 
> Java 6, but an older Java 5. This is consistent to the data in the 
> patchdiag.xref
>
> Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Jun/19/13
>
>
>     Host: xxxyyy (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147147-26/sparc/sun4u)
>     List: missingr-minimal (31/2661)
>
> *Patch*
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> *IR*
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> *CR*
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> *RSB*
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> *Age*
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> *Synopsis*
>
> 118666 <https://getupdates.oracle.com/all_unsigned/118666-47.zip>
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> 42
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> <
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> 47
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> RS-
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> 66
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> Obsoleted by: 118666-53 JavaSE 5.0: update 45 patch (equivalent to 
> <https://getupdates.oracle.com/readme/README.118666-47>
>
> 118667 <https://getupdates.oracle.com/all_unsigned/118667-47.zip>
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> 42
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> 47
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> Obsoleted by: 118667-53 JavaSE 5.0: update 45 patch (equivalent to 
> <https://getupdates.oracle.com/readme/README.118667-47>
>
> 125136 <https://getupdates.oracle.com/all_unsigned/125136-54.zip>
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> 44
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> <
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> 54
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> RS-
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> 3
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> JavaSE 6: update 51 patch (equivalent to JDK 6u51) 
> <https://getupdates.oracle.com/readme/README.125136-54>
>
> 125137 <https://getupdates.oracle.com/all_unsigned/125137-54.zip>
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> 44
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> <
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> 54
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> RS-
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> 3
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> JavaSE 6: update 51 patch (equivalent to JDK 6u51), 64bit 
> <https://getupdates.oracle.com/readme/README.125137-54>
>
> Here is a portion of the patchdiag.xref file:
>
> 118666|53|Jun/17/13| |S| |...
>
> 125136|54|Jun/17/13|R|S| |...
>
> 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 <mailto:neil.brookins at towerswatson.com>
>
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