Steffen Weiberle wrote: > On 05/15/09 17:06, mary ding wrote: >> Steffen: >> >> About pkg.opensolaris/release vs pkg.opensolaris/dev, we just switch >> it in osol_111a. Until 2009.0906 is available at >> pkg.opensolaris/release, you will have to change the default.xml to >> point to the correct one. >> >> Even for me, when the default point to opensolaris.org/dev, I have to >> change it to ipkg.sfbay/dev since I am internal to SUN. If they >> switch to pkg.opensolaris/release, I still need to change it to >> ipkg.sfbay/release. > > I guess I am not making myself well understood. > > Others and I had failed installs using 111a AI where the repository > points to 101a, or what ever version 2008.11 is. So there is a > non-trivial issue having a mis-match, and the installer itself does not > catch that. Otherwise it would have aborted with an error message saying > something like 'you are referening a repository for an older, > incompatible version'. This is regardless of the URL (/release versus > /dev). > > Backward compatibility would allow for a newer installer or image to > gracefully handle and older repository, since we can choose to deal with > prior work. I would expect an older installer to have issues with a > newer repository, and quickly be able to determine that and issue a > clear error message highlighting the conflict. >
Please provide comments on the design discussions that are going on; I agree that our capabilities to handle evolution of the various moving parts need to have predictability and correctness as their primary objective. > > Within different builds of 2009.06, are there incompatibilities that the > AI server, the AI image, and the version in the repository must match, > otherwise some sort of installation error may occur? (Since composing > this last Friday (and forgetting to send) I see that my 111a IA server > with a 111a install image installs 111a even though the repository > (ipkg.sfbay) is 111b.) > I would mostly expect that the repository doesn't matter too much modulo the transition since 2008.05 to add SPARC, but yes, there have been several transitions in the AI client/server interfaces as development has proceeded. Going forward these should be much less frequent, and better managed, but if you're going to be on the /dev branch, expect this may occur. Dave
