Harry Putnam writes: > (If this question seems to off topic, please feel free to reply > privately if you have time)
No problem. I've changed the subject line to match the new topic. > Fisrt, thanks for the additional tip. > > I'm very new here (on osol) and somewhat lost about mentions of > version I see in the various news groups. Names like Nevada and > Indiana also apparently versions. Not exactly. "Nevada" is the code name for the next Minor release of Solaris after Solaris 10. It was given a code name rather than a number (essentially) because marketing reserves the right to compute N+1 at a later time. ;-} OpenSolaris (the source code) and Nevada are effectively the same thing right now. "Indiana" is the name of a project. That project is producing something called the "OpenSolaris distribution," which is based on a new installer and software packaging system. A distribution is a packaged form of the code that you can run on a system. There are many distributions using (or based on) OpenSolaris; see the web site for more information. Yes, it's a little confusing to have two distinct things both called "OpenSolaris" -- a source base and a distribution -- but that's how it is. There's also the "Solaris Express" distribution, which is the old installer and uses SysV packaging. This is slowly being replaced, and still exists because it's required for those who build from source. Finally, there are "build numbers." These are incremented every two weeks. Because they're tracked at the source level, most distributions number their releases based on the build number. > At a uname -a prompt I see `5.11 snv_101b'. I wondered if you might > be able to steer me to documentation that explains how versioning and > the various names work under Solaris? > > You mention 106 and 107.. where do those come from? If you're using the OpenSolaris distribution (and it sounds like you are), then you need to switch to the "dev" branch to see the newer builds -- change your authority to "http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/";. If you do that, you should be able to upgrade to each of the weekly builds. The 101b build was the one released as OpenSolaris 2008.11. There'll likely be another such stable release in a few months for those who aren't on the "dev" train. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carl...@sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
