[pca] pca recommends non-recommended patch

[Brookins, Neil (Philadelphia)]

I have a newly installed Solaris 10 U11 host.  I patched it a couple days ago with "pca --minimal missingr"
Today, when I run "pca -l --minimal missingr" using the new xref it says:

Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Feb/28/13
Host: T2000_hostname (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147147-26/sparc/sun4v)
List: missingr-minimal (1/1)

Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------
148338 -- < 03 R--   1 SunOS 5.10: s9_brand patch

The host has 148161-02 installed because it's in the U11 release.

Here is the trace of the patch obsolescence in order,
starting from the current recommended through the newest:
139944-01 has the "R" flag.             It was obsoleted by 148161-02
148161-02 does NOT have "R" flag. It was obsoleted by 148338-03.
148338-03 does NOT have "R" flag.

Based on my understanding, PCA's recommendation to install 148338-03 is not correct when using the --minimal flag.
It should have seen that the currently installed version, 148161-02, was already newer than the recommended, 139944-01 version, therefore no newer patch is needed.

This behavior occurs in all recent versions of PCA, both development and stable.

Neil G. Brookins
Identity and Authentication Solutions - IT Global Solutions
Towers Watson
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Phone: +1 215 246 6046
neil.brookins at towerswatson.com<mailto:neil.brookins at towerswatson.com>

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