Hi,
The dependencies that are listed are the detectoids for X86 and x64 based systems (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb902472(v=vs. 85).aspx):
x86-based systems: 3E0AFB10-A9FB-4c16-A60E-5790C3803437
x64-based systems: 59653007-E2E9-4f71-8525-2FF588527978
These detectoids are public detectoids that could be used by everyone. These are not authored by Adobe and as per the message in the log must be present in the WSUS database.
PublishItem: Update 'Reader XI English Upgrade (UpdateId:'c448bd67-9e61-42d7-9a22-f87c14ef28a0' Vendor:'Adobe Systems, Inc.' Product:'Adobe Reader')' cannot be published as its dependency '59653007-e2e9-4f71-8525-2ff588527978' does not exist in both the updates publisher database and in WSUS. Updates Publisher 1/31/2013 12:12:56 PM 13 (0x000D)
Moreover I tried publishing the update in my environment and the log differs with the one in the post at the marked line:
Updates workspace: Starting publish wizard with 1 updates. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:00 1 (0x0001)
Publish: Preparing list of selected updates for publishing. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:06 6 (0x0006)
Connecting to a local update server with locally detected settings. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:06 6 (0x0006)
Publish: Update server name: SCCM2012 Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:10 6 (0x0006)
Publish: Publish operation starting for 1 updates. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:10 6 (0x0006)
Publish: Publish: Verifying update server is configured with a certificate prior to publishing. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:10 6 (0x0006)
Publish: Publish: Update server appears to be configured with a certificate. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:24 6 (0x0006)
Building dependency graph for update 'Reader 11.0.01 Update - GM (UpdateId:'e066fa50-eab2-4dba-bae2-0a36ca61c2fa' Vendor:'Adobe Systems, Inc.' Product:'Adobe Reader')' Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:24 6 (0x0006)
Update 'Reader 11.0.01 Update - GM (UpdateId:'e066fa50-eab2-4dba-bae2-0a36ca61c2fa' Vendor:'Adobe Systems, Inc.' Product:'Adobe Reader')' has direct dependency on 2 other items. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:25 6 (0x0006)
Evaluating dependency on item '3e0afb10-a9fb-4c16-a60e-5790c3803437'... Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:25 6 (0x0006)
Update with id '3e0afb10-a9fb-4c16-a60e-5790c3803437' was not found in the database, unable to fully evaluate it and it's dependencies. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:25 6 (0x0006)
Evaluating dependency on item '59653007-e2e9-4f71-8525-2ff588527978'... Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:25 6 (0x0006)
Update with id '59653007-e2e9-4f71-8525-2ff588527978' was not found in the database, unable to fully evaluate it and it's dependencies. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:25 6 (0x0006)
Found total of 2 dependencies (may include duplicates). Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:25 6 (0x0006)
2 dependencies were not found in scup database during dependency evaluation for update 'Reader 11.0.01 Update - GM (UpdateId:'e066fa50-eab2-4dba-bae2-0a36ca61c2fa' Vendor:'Adobe Systems, Inc.' Product:'Adobe Reader')' Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:25 6 (0x0006)
PublishItem: BEGIN--- Publishing 0 (duplicates removed) dependencies for update 'Reader 11.0.01 Update - GM (UpdateId:'e066fa50-eab2-4dba-bae2-0a36ca61c2fa' Vendor:'Adobe Systems, Inc.' Product:'Adobe Reader')'. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:27 6 (0x0006)
PublishItem: END --- Publishing dependencies for update 'Reader 11.0.01 Update - GM (UpdateId:'e066fa50-eab2-4dba-bae2-0a36ca61c2fa' Vendor:'Adobe Systems, Inc.' Product:'Adobe Reader')'. Updates Publisher 01-02-2013 11:13:27 6 (0x0006)
In my opinion there is a difference in the WSUS environment as these detectoids are not present in my Updates Publisher database as well but still it is published successfully.
Can you pls. give me more details as to how WSUS is configured. Will pursue the matter with other folks and let you know
Thanks,
Vinod