Sven Herzing wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question about installing updates to the stable version of > opensolaris 200805. > When I use pkg image-update, I would get the packages of the latest release > installed (update from snv_86 -> snv_9X). But that's not what I want to do. > > On this site: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/documentation/apt_ips/ > where the differences between apt-get and ips are explained, there is sth > like apt-get upgrade (note, not dist-upgrade) missing. apt-get upgrade > updates the package within the installed version (snv_86 -> snv_86 with sec > fixes) > > > When I check on http://pkg.opensolaris.org/status, and I found that there are > several verions of ipkg for build 86, but I didn't find a fix for e.g. > http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237965-1 > The solution on this site says update to build snv_92, and there I wonder: > > - wasn't opensolaris supposed to have a stable version that will get new > releases every 6 month(200805, 200811 ...), and I would be able to run this > stable version in a sense that there are updates available? > > - do I need to update the complete OS to get a security fix? > > - are there security fixes available for users who don't have a support > contract? > > - if not by now, will there be updates for the stable release after 200811? > > For me it feels strange, when I need to upgrade my system just to get some > fixes. I also wonder how I should keep a service running, when I need to > reboot every 2 weeks when the new build is out, to run the updates > environment. Ok, it's just a little website, but still, I wonder why I need > to reboot that often just for some updates. > > Maybe I've overseen something in the documentation, but I just couldn't find > answers to those questions. > > Regards > Sven Herzing > -- > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > At the moment it's still in development and won't be in full support until 2008.11. It's also a matter of established binary compatibility which is not an immediately critical step we go through when updating specific components like it was with Solaris 10. Some fixes depend on broad fixes in various backends, in this case there's probably something more than just that interface that had to be fixed or qualified. Backports are something that will have more emphasis on contracts where users can use pkg.sun.com instead of pkg.opensolaris.org when the support lifecycle of the free version doesn't allow for r&d effort. Current version of OpenSolaris Indiana is atop B93 which fixes a lot of things that you'd probably benefit from anyway. Sorry.
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