[pca] patch 118666-42 fails on sparse root zones

[Brookins, Neil (Philadelphia)]

When I patch my global zone with 118666-42, it installs OK in the global zone, then it installs OK when it does the whole root zones.
But, when there are sparse root zones, where the /usr partition is inherited from the global zone, it fails due to read-only file system.
The good news is that despite the failure, and the subsequent back-out of the partial patch, when I run "java -version" it stills sees the "new" version because its inheriting the patched version from the global zone.

My concern here is that errors show up in the PCA install log (for the failed patch) and the reports that show missing patches (pca -l) make it look like there is a missing patch. Auditors don't like this. Clearly, the patch isn't truly missing if the patched version is installed and runnable as shown below.

This looks like a bug in the patch itself causing it to not handle sparse zones in a user friendly way. Note that the three other Java patches do not have this issue.  I don't think there is a problem with PCA itself; its simply reporting the errors that patchadd is reporting back.

$ /usr/jdk/jdk1.5.0_40/bin/java -version
java version "1.5.0_40"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_40-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_40-b02, mixed mode)

$ ../pca -l --minimal missingr
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Mar/03/13
Host: V210_sparse_zone (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147147-26/sparc/sun4u)
List: missingr-minimal (1/14)

Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------
118666 38 < 42 RS-  14 JavaSE 5.0: update 40 patch (equivalent to JDK 5.0u40)

$ more /var/tmp/118666-42.log.11833
...
rm: /a/usr/jdk/jdk1.5.0_40 not removed: Read-only file system
rm: /a/usr/jdk/jdk1.5.0_40 not removed: Read-only file system
ln: cannot create /a/usr/jdk/jdk1.5.0_40/jdk1.5.0: Read-only file system
ln: cannot create /a/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_40: Read-only file system
ln: cannot create /a/usr/bin/javaws: Read-only file system
/a/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWj5rt/install/postinstall: /a/usr/share/control-center-2.0/ca
pplets/sun_java.desktop: cannot create
chmod: WARNING: can't change /a/usr/share/control-center-2.0/capplets/sun_java.d
esktop
chown: /a/usr/share/control-center-2.0/capplets/sun_java.desktop: Read-only file
system
chgrp: /a/usr/share/control-center-2.0/capplets/sun_java.desktop: Read-only file
system
cp: cannot create /a/usr/share/pixmaps/sun-java.png: Read-only file system
cp: cannot create /a/usr/share/icons/HighContrast/48x48/apps/sun-java.png: Read-
only file system
cp: cannot create /a/usr/share/icons/HighContrastInverse/48x48/apps/sun-java.png
: Read-only file system
cp: cannot create /a/usr/share/icons/LowContrast/48x48/apps/sun-java.png: Read-o
nly file system
/a/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWj5rt/install/postinstall: /a/usr/share/gnome/mime-info/java-
archive.keys: cannot create
pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully

Installation of <SUNWj5rt> failed.

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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