Sun studio patches on linux: how to deal with?

Question

hello all,
on solaris 10, i'm using a tool like pca (1) to maintain sun studio up to date.
But on linux, i don't know how to do the same process?
I've a Centos on a Sun x2270, i've installed SS21u1 with rpms, and sometimes, i go to the patches website, and do the painful job of installing the latest patches.
Is there another way? or a better process to get the latest rpms available?
For instance, on solaris 10, pca loads afile name patchdiag.xref, in which i can find patches related to Sun Studio on Linux:
grep -i 'Studio 12' /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref | grep -i Linux | awk -F\| '{print $1}'
124874
124877
126497
126997
127145
127149
127154
127158
141856
141859
142367after that, i have to use pca with -r (README) flags, to find the name of the rpms:
Files included with this patch:
Note:
    sun-cpl-12.1-5.i386.rpm
    sun-cplx-12.1-5.x86_64.rpm
    sun-scl-12.1-5.i386.rpm
    sun-sclx-12.1-5.x86_64.rpm
    sun-stl4o-12.1-5.i386.rpm
    sun-stl4x-12.1-5.x86_64.rpm
    sun-tll7-12.1-5.i386.rpm
    sun-tll7x-12.1-5.x86_64.rpmthen, on linux, i have to query if the rpm is installed:
bash-3.2# rpm -qa|grep sun-cpl
sun-cpl-12.1-4
sun-cplx-12.1-4and install it if needed:
sudo rpm -Fvh /tmp/128230-04/*.rpmthanks in advance for help,
gerard
(1) [http://www.par.univie.ac.at/solaris/pca/] and a review by a sun guy: [http://blogs.sun.com/quenelle/entry/patch_check_advanced]

Answer 1

Thanks Julien for this information.
For a SCD Type 1 dimension I used IKM Oracle Incremental Update module and when I execute the interface I get ORA-01031: insufficient privileges error message because I have only read access on the source system. Based on your suggestion, ODI shouldn't access/need source system for staging purposes.
What did I do wrong then?
According with ODI documentation, IKM Oracle Incremental Update module: Integrates data in an Oracle target table in incremental update mode. This IKM creates a temporary staging table to stage the data flow. It then compares its content to the target table to guess which records should be inserted and which others should be updated. It also allows performing data integrity check by invoking the CKM. Inserts and updates are done in bulk set-based processing to maximize performance. Therefore, this IKM is optimized for large volumes of data. Consider using this IKM if you plan to load your Oracle target table to insert missing records and to update existing ones. If you plan to use this IKM with very large tables, you should consider enhancing this IKM by removing the MINUS set-based operator. To use this IKM, the staging area must be on the same data server as the target.