Rob wrote:
>>> Correct, the install was successful at installing 111a, but I wanted 111. 
>>> Based on other posts, there isn't a way to specify 
>>> a build to install. Does a bug already exist or should I file one?
>> You can specify a build; the problem is that when we
>> respin we don't
>> change any version numbers and just let the
>> timestamps take care of
>> things.
> 
> There are builds and respins . . . what's the difference between the two? Is 
> there some documentation explaining the differences?
> 

Respins are best thought of as micro-builds; they're the base build plus 
cherry-picked fixes selected to fix specific issues.  In other words, a 
branch from a numbered build.

>> This means that the only way to get the older
>> components is to specify
>> them explicitly - full fmris, including timestamps.
> 
> Can you post an example?

Something like:

pkg:/SUNWinstall at 0.5.11,5.11-0.111:20090331T083207Z

The problem is that you would need to do so for every single package 
down the dependency tree, because the depend actions in each package 
only specify the build version and thus implicitly included packages 
would use the latest timestamped package in that version, meaning you'd 
get 111a versions of them.  This is why just specifying the entire 
incorporation's timestamp didn't do the job.

Dave

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