Martin, I've tried to make a PoC for all this...
To generate a custom patchdiag.xref based on a patch list: - Register on wesunsolve.net - Login - Create a custom patch list (http://wesunsolve.net/add_clist) - Add some patch into it.. *> visit a patch page, select the list in the drop down menu on the upper side of the page and click add... - get back to your panel (http://wesunsolve.net/panel) - Click on "Generate patchdiag.xref" -> This should give you a patchdiag.xref customized with only the patch that you requested + recursives dependancies... I plan to allow the generation of theses patchdiag also for patch clusters and also ease the process (outside of user lists also, just copy/paste a list of patch and get the patchdiag associated...) Can someone provide me feedback about theses custom patchdiag.xref ? I didn't really tested the data that are exported there.. but I think they should be relevant... Kind Regards, -- Thomas Gouverneur T: +32 498 23 00 40 W: http://espix.net M: <tho...@espix.net> On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:40:15 +0100 Martin Paul <mar...@par.univie.ac.at> wrote: > Don O'Malley wrote: > >> Basically, as soon as you start to use patches in the form of > >> xxxxxx-yy with PCA it will (and has to) assume that you take care > >> of the dependencies and the ordering yourself. If you have a > >> self-maintained list of patches, it's probably easiest to to try > >> to install them on a test machine to get the correct ordering. > > Dumping all the patches in a single directory and using 'patchadd > > -M' may help... > > A recent idea for a service that Oracle could provide was to allow a > customer to submit a list of patch-IDs and revisions, and to get a > copy of patchdiag.xref which includes exactly these patches (plus > required patches) in return. > > This patchdiag.xref file could then be fed into PCA via its "xrefdir" > option, and it would allow the admin to verify any system against > (and patch up to) this very patchset. > > This would not only be useful for such home-grown patch lists (which > Oracle doesn't like anyway), but also for patching prerequisites > enforced by some applications. E.g. Sun Studio, which always had a > list of certain required and/or recommended patches to be installed > to make it work flawlessly. It's a common FAQ as to how to verify > such a list. If a patchdiag.xref with these patches would be > provided, again checking and patching would be a breeze. > > Any spare time, Don? :) > > Martin. >
