[indiana-discuss] Is the 2008.05 iso now based on build 91?

[Dennis Clarke]

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:08 PM,  <David.Comay at sun.com> wrote:
>> Well, that's what I was ranting(*) about in the first place. How can I know what version to install? It's not very well documented. And if I have 2008.05 based on snv_86 then isn't SUNWipkg at 0.5.11-0.86 the version delivered with that from the beginning? Or are you reusing the version numbers after an upgrade?
>
> We're not reusing the version numbers per-se but rather we're changing
> the timestamp which is the lowest part of the version number.  This
> allows us to publish a version of a package for an earlier build.  In
> the case of SUNWipkg, this is relatively simple to do.
>
> With respect to determining which version of SUNWipkg you have, usually
> I would suggest running "pkg list SUNWipkg" and see whether the command
> reports that an update is available - look for a 'u' character under
> the UFIX field.  Unfortunately, this command will report an update is
> available even if the only update is one with a higher build number.
> However, you can always just rerun
>
>        $ pfexec pkg install SUNWipkg@<version>
>
> where <version> is the version printed by "pkg list SUNWipkg" and if
> there is a newer timestamped version, it will update to that.

but what does a new user do with this ?

he gets the CDROM .. installs it .. blinks twice and then flounders
madly to figure out how to update it.

-bash-3.2# pkg list SUNWipkg
NAME (AUTHORITY)                              VERSION         STATE      UFIX
SUNWipkg                                      0.5.11-0.86     installed  u---

okay .. so thanks to this advice I see that an update is available.

-bash-3.2# pkg refresh

-bash-3.2# pkg install -v -n SUNWipkg at 0.5.11-0.86
Before evaluation:
UNEVALUATED:
+pkg:/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.86:20080620T101700Z

After evaluation:
pkg:/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z ->
pkg:/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.86:20080620T101700Z
None

OKay .. so there is a slight rev up for the SUNWipkg package.

Do I take that or look further ?

What revs are available ?

-bash-3.2# wget --output-document=pkg_status http://pkg.opensolaris.org/status
--19:29:25--  http://pkg.opensolaris.org/status
           => `pkg_status'
Resolving pkg.opensolaris.org... 72.5.123.21
Connecting to pkg.opensolaris.org|72.5.123.21|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]

    0K ......                                                 312.86 KB/s

19:29:26 (312.86 KB/s) - `pkg_status' saved [417050]

-bash-3.2# grep SUNWipkg pkg_status | grep -v gui | cut -f2,3 -d\: | sort
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.75:20071031T175339Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.75:20071114T202952Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.75:20080205T151051Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.75:20080423T061913Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.75:20080428T105324Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.79:20080205T160845Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.79:20080423T061943Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.79:20080428T105333Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.86:20080422T214950Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.86:20080529T103045Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.86:20080613T183415Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.86:20080620T101700Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.89:20080527T164546Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.90:20080604T143532Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.90:20080613T183353Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.90:20080620T101731Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.91:20080613T182326Z
/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.91:20080620T101740Z
-bash-3.2#

woo hoo !

piles of revs are available .. let's take the latest ?

-bash-3.2# pkg install -v -n SUNWipkg at 0.5.11-0.91
Before evaluation:
UNEVALUATED:
+pkg:/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.91:20080620T101740Z

After evaluation:
pkg:/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z ->
pkg:/SUNWipkg at 0.5.11,5.11-0.91:20080620T101740Z
None

As a new user, if I were just John Doe out there in the Linux world or
God forbid the Windows world then this would scare the daylights out
of me.

Dennis