FYI: I'm still seeing the same behaviour as before even though I'm using a
newer patchset.
So, I conclude that the suggestion regarding changing the xref has not yet been
done.
I will continue to use the ignore option in PCA for now.
Patch: 118855-36 is already installed which is listed as Obsoletes: 118844-30
# ./pca -l --nocheckxref --xrefdir=. --patchdir=. --minimal missingr
Using /var/tmp/patches/./patchdiag.xref from Feb/21/13
Host: Sunx86vm (SunOS 5.10/Generic_147148-26/i386/i86pc)
List: missingr-minimal (1/2678)
Patch IR CR RSB Age Synopsis
-- -- - -- --- --- ---
118844 -- < 20 RS- 999 Obsoleted by: 118844-27 SunOS 5.10_x86: kernel Patch
Neil G. Brookins
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-Original Message-
From: pca-boun...@lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-boun...@lists.univie.ac.at] On
Behalf Of Martin Paul
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:23 AM
To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion
Subject: Re: [pca] patch dependency issue w/ 118844-20
Am 20.08.2012 22:27, schrieb Brookins, Neil (Philadelphia):
> When I run PCA with the --minimal and missingr options it says I need to
> install 118844-20
> However, I see that 118855-36 is already installed and this obsoletes
> 118844-30.
> I'm not understanding why PCA still thinks I need 118844 when I have a newer
> patch installed that obsoletes this.
I can explain what happens, but I'm not sure about a solution for this
problem. PCA, when using "minimal" sees this information in the xref file:
> 118844 -- < 20 RS- 999 Obsoleted by: 118844-27 SunOS 5.10_x86: kernel Patch
It does not look at any higher revision of 118844, so it does not see
that 118844-30 was obsoleted by 118855. That's why it lists 118844-20.
When looking at the Recommended Patchset, you'll see that 118844-20 is
included there as well:
http://wesunsolve.net/bundle/id/20
http://wesunsolve.net/readme/bn/20
So that correlates with the information in the xref file. Usually you
won't see any problems when installing the Patchset (or "--minimal
--missingr") because 118844-20 will be installed *before* 118855-36,
which is superfluous, but works.
I can't think of a way to take care of that in PCA - it behaves right,
in showing exactlz the same patches as in the Recommended Patchset when
using "--minimal".
Is Don listening? Should 118844-20 be removed from the Recommended
Patchset, and its synopsis in xref be changed to "Obsoleted by
118855-36" as well?
The quick solution would be to use PCA's "ignore" option to ignore
118844 on the affected system. That will do no harm, as it is definitely
superseded by 118855-36.
Martin.
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