Michael Disserman wrote:
> Can someone please explain me an update policy for OpenSolaris release builds.
>
> In example, I've tested 2009.6 in the test environment and can install it in
> the production but I'm afraid of the bug # 6882364 (networking wedged up
> behind blocked taskq_thread() in Xen Dom0).
>
> This bug has a state "10-Fix Delivered:Verified (Fix available in build)" but
> where to get the update? Of course I don't want to switch to the development
> branch. As well as don't want to wait 6 months to get a release build with
> the bug fixed.
>
> Does someone provide a bugfix patches for the release versions? Maybe there
> is some commercial support for this? I've found commercial opensolaris
> support offers on sun.com however there's a note the patch could be available
> within a 6 months, which's actually a period when stable branches of osol are
> released. I've tried to talk with Sun support in webchat, they don't know
> anything except a phone numbers. Support on the phone don't know the details,
> they can just read for you an info from the public website.
2009.06 was built from snv_111 - since that bug fix is delivered in snv_125,
it came after the 2009.06 release. As you've already discovered, you can
get it for free by updating to the development branch builds (which are
currently up to snv_129). Sun's commercial support does offer bug fix
releases for 2009.06 - I'm not sure why the web page indicates 6 months
for fixes, when currently updates are released approximately monthly. While
this fix isn't currently in a Support Repository Update (SRU), I believe
if you have bought a support contract you can request to escalate the fix
into an SRU - they usually include all security fixes by default, and then
any other fixes that customers have escalated or support deems critical to
include. You can see the current lists of available updates at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=opensolaris
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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