Bart Smaalders wrote:
> Dave Miner wrote:
>> Bart Smaalders wrote:
>>> William Schumann wrote:
>>>> For this, I propose:
>>>> MICROREV=<microrev> (optional)
>>>> and
>>>> FULL_VERSION=VERSION.REV[.MICROREV]
>>>> where <microrev>  is <micro revision number>[a | b | ...]
>>>>
>>>> Your example would be FULL_VERSION=10.2.6b
>>>>
>>>
>>> Could you explain how this file will be kept up to date
>>> if the installer is only ever run once, and all subsequent
>>> updates to the system are run w/ pkg image-update ?
>>>
>>
>> I thought the proposal said the file would be delivered and updated by 
>> SUNWsolnm.
>>
>> Dave
> 
> 
> Maybe I missed something.
> 
>  From a previous mail on this subject:
> 
>> Functions to manage INST_RELEASE during install include:
>> int set_release_info(const char *field,  const char *value);
>> char *get_release_info(const char *field);
>> int write_release_info(const char *root);  writes INST_RELEASE 
>> according to current settings.
>> void dump_release_info(void); write to stderr
>> etc.
>> These functions are to be made available in a library in the SUNWsolnm 
>> package. 
> 

Or maybe I inferred too much.  William will need to clarify...

Dave


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