Don, Thanks. Yeah, I had that thought after I sent my message and did some googling when I got back from lunch. I'm working on it now.
fpsm -- Fredrich Maney, SCSA, SCNA, SCSecA UNIX Systems Administrator arc > -----Original Message----- > From: pca-boun...@lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca- > boun...@lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Don Jackson > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:08 PM > To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion > Subject: Re: [pca] Duplicate patches > > > How about only making patches via pca, and put some code in jumpstart > finish script to patch new builds via pca. That way you are always using > pca, > and need only to store the one format. Just a thought….. > > Don > > > On Sep 15, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Fredrich Maney wrote: > > > All, > > > > I've run into something rather frustrating. Namely that the finish > > scripts for patching expect patches to be an extracted patch cluster > > - i.e. a directory containing a patch_order file and subdirectories > > for each patch; while PCA looks for individual zip archives for each > > patch. This is forcing me to store every patch at least twice - once > > in a repository for PCA as a zip file, and once for every patch cluster > > that I have for my Jumpstart environment. > > > > For example, for Jumpstart: > > /jumpstart/Patches/10_Recommended/patches/141588-04 > > /jumpstart/Patches/10_Recommended/patches/141899-03 > > > > And for PCA: > > /patchrep/141588-04.zip > > /patchrep/141899-03.zip > > > > Ideally I'd like to just have to store one copy of the patch in > > some sort of compressed manner. Does anyone have any suggestions on > > how I could accomplish consolidating these? > > > > Thanks, > > fpsm > > -- > > Fredrich Maney, SCSA, SCNA, SCSecA > > UNIX Systems Administrator > > +1.502.515.4737 direct > > +1.502.417.6916 mobile > > +1.502.515.4848 fax > > fma...@arccorp.com > > > > arc > > 9420 Bunsen Parkway, Suite 300 > > Louisville, KY 40220-4206 > > http://www.arccorp.com > > > > > > >
