Ben Golding wrote: > When I was using 2008.05, I'd run "pkg image-update" and regularly see new > updates come in that seemed to track the release schedule. Since installing > 2008.11, I'm on snv_101b and pkg tells me that there are no updates available > even though I read in other threads in the forums here that snv_105 is out > and about. > > Has there been a change to the release schedule and/or how things are > released through IPS? I'm a bit curious.
There's a change to how you get updates via IPS. With 2008.11, two branches were made in the IPS repo, the stable /release branch, and the development builds under /dev - the default is /release, and if you want the biweekly updates, you need to choose /dev. See Stephen's message from a few months ago: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/indiana-discuss/2008-October/013119.html -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
