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Subject: concurrent download threads - msg#00026List: os.solaris.pcaI just put a new development release of pca online, with this change: * Add option for concurrent patch downloads (--threads=NUM) It's a rather big change in code actually - I've finally integrated the patch by Chris Reece which he made available at: http://www.sparsezone.com/pca/ It adds the functionality to download multiple patches from SunSolve in parallel. This can speedup downloads of big patch sets dramatically. You will need a perl with threading support compiled in (Solaris' /usr/bin/perl unfortunately doesn't have it). "pca --help" or "perl -V:useithreads" will tell you about threads support in your copy of perl. Kudos to Chris, who has been supporting and developing the patch over a long time, and has been listening to every proposal I made to make the patch integrate smoothly. Martin.
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Previous Message by Date: (click to view message preview)Re: Pca Applying unnecessary patchGreg Matthews wrote: Martin Paul wrote: Whenever such patches are reported to me, I add a workaround into pca itself. I've done that for 111857/114176 now as well in the current pca development release. The problem shouldn't show up again. Are new releases announced to this list? Is there a standard Subject header for such announcements? New official releases are announced both to the pca-news and this list with a Subject like "[pca] New release: 20080311-01". I don't follow a fixed procedure in announcing development releases, but when it includes an important fix or a new feature I'll post about it to this list for discussion. A great way to get informed about new versions is pca's "update" option. Set it to "check" in your pca.conf file, and it will check for updates once per day (of course only when you run it). If you want to stay on the bleeding edge, you can set "pcaurl" to point at the development release to make it check for development instead of official releases. See "UPDATE PCA" in the docs. Hope this helps, Martin. Next Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: Patch 125952-07Thanks for all the feedback guys. I'm running U3 here; I've already opened a case with Sun and made them aware of the issue. Perhaps it will help. Mahalo! Dave -----Original Message----- From: pca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Paul Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:48 AM To: PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion Subject: Re: [pca] Patch 125952-07 Dominique Frise wrote: > Here a summary of what we have: Thanks - so it seems as if the version number of the packages for bumped up in the update releases, while the real version number was not changed e.g. from 11/06 to 8/07. Patches exist only for some of the existing package versions. > Solaris 10 3/05 systems > SUNWmcon Sun Java(TM) Web Console 2.2.4 (Core) > (sparc) 2.2.2,REV=2005.01.09.23.05 Patch 121211 applies to that system. > Solaris 10 11/06 systems > SUNWmcon Sun Java(TM) Web Console 3.0.2 (Core) > (sparc) 3.0.2,REV=2006.10.09.11.21 There's no patch which applies to that system. > Solaris 10 8/07 systems > SUNWmcon Sun Java(TM) Web Console 3.0.2 (Core) > (sparc) 3.0.2,REV=2006.12.08.20.48 Patches 125952 and 136897 apply to that system. They are installed no my Solaris 10 8/07 systems. > Running "pca mrs", none of the systems shows patch to apply for SMC. If the above mentioned patches don't show up as missing patches, they must be installed already. Try: pca -p 'Web Console' -l all and see if installed revision is equal to current revision (IR = CR). We had some discussion about these and other Web Console patches recently (Sun created different patches for Solaris 8/9/10, although the software is the same on each release of Solaris). They really created quite some mess here. Sun probably has a security issue here - if there is a security patch for Web Console 3.0.2 on Solaris 10 8/07, one can assume that the same problem exists in Web Console 3.0.2 on Solaris 10 11/06, but there is no way to fix this until Sun produces another patch. Martin. Confidentiality Warning: This e-mail contains information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, any dissemination, publication or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. The sender does not accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system that may occur while using data contained in, or transmitted with, this e-mail. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify us by return e-mail. Thank you. Previous Message by Thread: click to view message previewPca Applying unnecessary patchHi , I applied a patch bundle to a Solaris 8 box and it included a patch for Solaris 9 . The box in question is part of a Sun cluster . It applied patch 114176-05 114176 -- < 05 --- 999 Sun Cluster 3.0: OPS Core Patch for Solaris 9 There is no mention of this patch in showrev -p and uname -a is -- > SunOS joebloggs 5.8 Generic_117350-38 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880 If I place showrev.out/pkginfo.out/uname.out in a directory and run ./pca -H -f . This patch is generated in the report . Why ? When the patch was applied to the system it would not boot . Had to remove . Looking on Sunsolve it says there is a version of this patch for Solaris 8 -- > 111857 -- < 09 -S- 999 Sun Cluster 3.0: OPS Core Patch for Solaris 8 Must ask the questions . Why did the OS install a patch for Solaris 9 . How did pca decide this patch was needed Ray Cromwell EITO - Unix server team Global Technology mobile +353(0)87 2121925 phone +353(1)2037000 * ray.cromwell@xxxxxxxxxxxx ****************************************************************************** The content of this e-mail may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the named addressee or the intended recipient please do not copy it or forward it to anyone. If you have received this email in error please destroy it and kindly notify the sender and postmaster.ie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Email cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free, it is your responsibility to ensure that the message (including attachments) is safe and authorised for use in your environment. Vodafone Ireland Limited. 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