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

[Thommy M. Malmström]

> > 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.

When I was doing development some million years ago _any_ code change, compiler change or whatever change meant a new version number. A change of timestamp could only mean a recompile at a later time with _exactly_ the same input. But I guess the times they are a changing...

> 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.

Think this nights discussion has cleared out a whole lot about the pkg command. So the only thing I have left to ask at the moment is; How do I downgrade my SUNWipkg-xxx-91 to .86 (latest timestampI)?
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