[pca] patch downloads broken

[Thomas Bleek]

We have Oracle Premier Support, I also don't get the patches from their website. I have requested a offer for Extended Support, let's see....
For me, it is obvious, that this is not a technical problem.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Thomas Bleek

Here pca fails with 404:
root at toast:/tmp>pca -d
Downloading xref file to /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref
Trying http://ftp.gfz-potsdam.de/cgi-bin/pca-proxy.cgi
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Apr/30/18
Host: toast (SunOS 5.10/Generic_150400-59/sparc/sun4u)
List: missing (10/170)

Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- -------------------------------------------------------
120272 40 < 41 RS-  17 SunOS 5.10: SMA patch

Looking for 120272-41 (1/10)
Trying http://ftp.gfz-potsdam.de/cgi-bin/pca-proxy.cgi
Failed (Error 404: 120272-41 not found)
Failed (patch not found)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
148027 06 < 07 RS-  17 SunOS 5.10: compress cp cpio ln mv pack pax tar patch

Looking for 148027-07 (2/10)
Trying http://ftp.gfz-potsdam.de/cgi-bin/pca-proxy.cgi
Failed (Error 404: 148027-07 not found)
Failed (patch not found)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
150119 04 < 05 RS-  17 SunOS 5.10: kssl patch

Looking for 150119-05 (3/10)
Trying http://ftp.gfz-potsdam.de/cgi-bin/pca-proxy.cgi
Failed (Error 404: 150119-05 not found)
Failed (patch not found)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
150121 02 < 03 R--  17 SunOS 5.10: audit_event patch

Looking for 150121-03 (4/10)
Trying http://ftp.gfz-potsdam.de/cgi-bin/pca-proxy.cgi
^C
ERROR: Caught a SIGINT


> Am 03.05.2018 um 09:35 schrieb Martin Paul <martin.paul at univie.ac.at>:
> 
> Dear PCA users,
> 
> I've had two independent reports about patch downloads failing with "ERROR 403: Forbidden" since last week. It seems as if Oracle has changed or broken something in their hands-off patch download service.
> 
> The only thing I can do is to contact Don O'Malley from Oracle, who has helped with such issues in the past. He's out of of office until May 14th, though, so don't expect any quick solution soon.
> 
> Martin.
> 

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