Bill Werner wrote: > OK...I'm a little confused about all the new packaging stuff and what is all > going on... >
I'd recommend starting with the Getting Started Guide, which answers many of your questions, linked from opensolaris.com: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/2009.06/getstart/ > 1) What is the difference between updatemanager and packagemanager? Why use > one over the other? > Update Manager just monitors your repositories for available updates and gives you a simple, "one-click" update. Package Manager is the full-blown package management function that allows you to install and remove packages, manage repositories, and manage boot environments. > 2) What are these repositories everyone is talking about? I see things like > pkg set-authority and pkg set-publisher. But how do I know what to set them > to? I see several release branches when I go to > http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/en/index.shtml, but no real explanation of > what they all are, nor what URL should I use to set my package repository to? > > The guide linked above has this answer. set-authority is the old name for what is now set-publisher. > 2a) How do I tell what my current repository is? > The "pkg publisher" command. > 3) I thought OpenSolaris wasn't going to have updates between releases, but > it looks like there are? > The release repository will have few, if any, updates between releases (main exception would be critical security bugs). The development repository is updated regularly as we work on the next release, and if you buy support, the repositories available via it will have fixes that are required for support customers. Dave
