Re: [pca] Non-existing patch - patchdiag wishlist

[Don O'Malley]

Hi, So, let me ask this question a slightly different way; what information do you feel you are not getting from patchdiag.xref today? The items that I have on my PCA wishlist/additions are: Patches' product mappings (eg. Solaris 10 Operating System, Solaris Cluster 3.3) Patch's entitlement(s) - eg. OS, SW, FMW, VIN - see MOS - Sun Patch Entitlement for details Zipped patch md5sum Patch properties (rebootafter, etc.) Patch size (zipped) "New Security Fix" flag to identify specific patch revisions that deliver new security fixes (as opposed to new or accumulated security fixes, which the current 'S' flag maps to) "Patch Utility" flag to identify patches required for the full patch utility functionality (i.e. patchadd/patchrm) "Live Upgrade" flag to identify patches required for full live upgrade functionality (i.e. MOS- LU Patch Requirements) SunAlert "Data Loss" and "Availability" flags to identify patches that address "Data Loss" and "Availability" issues (i.e. Weekly Sun Alert Report 2011) Identify architecture on a per pkg basis and have a <pkg_name>:<pkg_version>:<pkg_arch> triplet, rather than the current <pkg_name>:<pkg_version> pair (which has arch in a separate field) Assuming we could sort out the patch requirements for non-released patches we were initally discussing and introduce some/all of the above, are there other items missing? Best, -Don Thomas Gouverneur wrote: This sounds to me like an incredible good idea. Don ? On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:36:06 +0200 Martin Paul <mar...@par.univie.ac.at> wrote: *IF* the XML interface proves to be fast and stable, and *IF* Oracle would allow outsiders to offer the contained information (which they don't now, AFAIK), one could think about a service which would get the xref file plus all the extra information from the XML links, combine it into an extended xref file with some new columns, and offer that file, reliable and daily. Like that, the information harvesting at least would have to be done only once, and not by every PCA user. -- Don O'Malley Manager,Patch System Test Revenue Product Engineering | Solaris | Hardware East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland Phone: +353 1 8199764 Team Alias: rpe_patch_system_test...@oracle.com