[indiana-discuss] [osol-discuss] No updates?

[David Abrahams]

on Wed May 27 2009, Glenn Lagasse <Glenn.Lagasse-UdXhSnd/wVw-AT-public.gmane.org> wrote:

> * David Abrahams (dave at boostpro.com) wrote:
>> 
>> on Wed May 27 2009, Shawn Walker
> <swalker-xZgeD5Kw2fzokhkdeNNY6A-AT-public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> 
>> > David Abrahams wrote:
>> >> on Fri May 22 2009, Shawn Walker
>> > <swalker-xZgeD5Kw2fzokhkdeNNY6A-AT-public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> pfexec pkg image-update
>> >>
>> >> osol n00b here ---
>> >>
>> >> I just did a fresh 0906 install and followed these instructions:
>> >>
>> >>   pfexec pkg set-publisher -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev opensolaris.org
>> >>   pfexec pkg image-update
>> >>
>> >> and to my surprise, it told me there was nothing to update.  Is that
>> >> expected?
>> >
>> > Yes.  The final release of 2009.06 won't be available until next week.
>> 
>> I know that; I just assumed that the development repo had received some
>> updates since the beta CD was released.  Am I misunderstanding how the
>> system works?
>
> What does uname -a report on your system.  If it's something like:
>
> SunOS shire 5.11 snv_111b i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris

SunOS hydrasol 5.11 snv_111a i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris

> in particular the snv_111b part, then you're precisely where you're
> expected to be.  The /dev repository is 'frozen' at build 111b in
> preparation for being pushed to /release when 2009.06 is finally
> shipped.  So until that happens, there won't be any later builds pushed
> to /dev.

That's fine; how come I'm still on "a"? ;-)

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Dave Abrahams
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