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From: Alan Coopersmith on 21 Dec 2006 14:45 Ceri Davies <ceri_usenet(a)submonkey.net> writes in comp.unix.solaris: |I had thought that I could get from Solaris 10 6/06 to Solaris 10 11/06 |(or equivalent functionality, at least) via patches. You will eventually be able to update all existing commands/packages to the same level as Solaris 10 11/06 by installing patches, but not all of those patches have been released to SunSolve yet. (The QA process for an integrated OS with a set level of software is different than the QA for replacing one piece of the OS at a time as is done in patches.) New packages are usually only available by doing a full OS upgrade, not by patching, though rare exceptions like ZFS have been made available as patches that install the new packages. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Alan Coopersmith * alanc(a)alum.calberkeley.org * Alan.Coopersmith(a)Sun.COM http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~alanc/ * http://blogs.sun.com/alanc/ Working for, but definitely not speaking for, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
From: Daniel Rock on 21 Dec 2006 16:55 Alan Coopersmith <alanc(a)alum.calberkeley.org> wrote: > Ceri Davies <ceri_usenet(a)submonkey.net> writes in comp.unix.solaris: > |I had thought that I could get from Solaris 10 6/06 to Solaris 10 11/06 > |(or equivalent functionality, at least) via patches. > > You will eventually be able to update all existing commands/packages > to the same level as Solaris 10 11/06 by installing patches, but not > all of those patches have been released to SunSolve yet. For the impatient: The patches are on the 11/06 DVD in the directory Solaris_10/UpgradePatches Just unzip all *.jar files in a directory and do a patchadd -M `pwd` 1* from that directory. But beware: Use at your own risk. In the past it worked for my for "upgrading" my 01/06 to 06/06, but I haven't tried the step to 11/06 yet. -- Daniel
From: Rainer Beushausen on 22 Dec 2006 02:01 Lion-O wrote: >>I had thought that I could get from Solaris 10 6/06 to Solaris 10 11/06 >>(or equivalent functionality, at least) via patches. It seems not to be >>the case, since I don't have everything: >> >> bash-3.00# cat /etc/release >> Solaris 10 6/06 s10s_u2wos_09a SPARC >> Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. >> Use is subject to license terms. >> Assembled 09 June 2006 > > > Well, you assume wrong. I've got Solaris 10/x86 running for some time now and > got myself a service contract (for $120/yr; get access to *everything* on > SunSolve without the overhead of guided support (I can usually fix my own > problems ;))) and this is happening on my system: > > magi:/home/peter $ cat /etc/release > Solaris 10 3/05 s10_74L2a X86 > Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. > Use is subject to license terms. > Assembled 22 January 2005 > magi:/home/peter $ man zfs | wc -l > Reformatting page. Please Wait... done > 1650 > > So; a 03/05 release with ZFS support, how do you like that? :-) > > For some reason /etc/release isn't changed so you'll remain on that same > version while the patches allow you to update your system with new features and > security updates. I like this development since this once again shows you that > you can't judge a Unix system by its appearances. So; running 3/5 doesn't > automaticly imply that it doesn't support ZFS (the only new feature I can think > of) perse. > > Hope this helps. > Are you sure you have the executables installed?
From: Thommy M. Malmström on 22 Dec 2006 04:04 Lion-O wrote: >> I had thought that I could get from Solaris 10 6/06 to Solaris 10 11/06 >> (or equivalent functionality, at least) via patches. It seems not to be >> the case, since I don't have everything: >> >> bash-3.00# cat /etc/release >> Solaris 10 6/06 s10s_u2wos_09a SPARC >> Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. >> Use is subject to license terms. >> Assembled 09 June 2006 > > Well, you assume wrong. I've got Solaris 10/x86 running for some time now and > got myself a service contract (for $120/yr; get access to *everything* on > SunSolve without the overhead of guided support (I can usually fix my own > problems ;))) and this is happening on my system: > > magi:/home/peter $ cat /etc/release > Solaris 10 3/05 s10_74L2a X86 > Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. > Use is subject to license terms. > Assembled 22 January 2005 > magi:/home/peter $ man zfs | wc -l > Reformatting page. Please Wait... done > 1650 > > So; a 03/05 release with ZFS support, how do you like that? :-) Here's something that is totally screwed up. A patch should only fix/patch something that is already installed (*). A patch must never install new packages/programs/functionality. I hope this is a mistake... /Thommy M. *) Maybe it should also update/enhance/add functionality to already installed packages. This is something we discussed a lot when I was at Sun as Proactive Services Manager. > For some reason /etc/release isn't changed so you'll remain on that same > version while the patches allow you to update your system with new features and > security updates. I like this development since this once again shows you that > you can't judge a Unix system by its appearances. So; running 3/5 doesn't > automaticly imply that it doesn't support ZFS (the only new feature I can think > of) perse. > > Hope this helps. >
From: Andrew Gabriel on 22 Dec 2006 04:34
In article <ocNih.27151$E02.11222(a)newsb.telia.net>, "Thommy M. Malmstr�m" <thommy.m.malmstrom(a)gmail.com> writes: > > Here's something that is totally screwed up. A patch should only > fix/patch something that is already installed (*). A patch must never > install new packages/programs/functionality. > > I hope this is a mistake... man pages are in a package of their own, which will have been patched. The fact that there's now a zfs manpage doesn't mean zfs is installed. -- Andrew Gabriel |