Greetings,
Revision 1352:5c92c9d342ef integrated the following fixes and enhancements:
11065 client v1 catalog support for v0 catalogs
269 Catalog should include package dependencies
318 Unify depot and client pkg format
2763 pkg.catalog should have a function to split entries into
appropriate fields
3045 pkg list tracebacks when installed state directory is out of
sync with pkg directory
5562 catalog uses local time instead of UTC
8341 extract catalog cache from image
8473 cached catalog data can be wrong if mixing client versions
9248 client traceback if preferred publisher not in catalog cache
10041 catalog attrs can be out of sync with catalog
11071 pkg list -v doesn't show full FMRI for those from a preferred
publisher
11072 client double instantiates image on startup
11074 manifests need sha-1 signature
11075 catalog should provide manifest signature data
As a result of these changes, if you use the new packaging client with
an existing image (your installed OpenSolaris '/' as an example), it
will be automatically upgraded to a new image format. Once this has
been done, you will be unable to use older pkg(5) clients with the new
image. If you attempt to use an older client with the upgraded image,
you will receive a message like this:
pkg: No image rooted at '/mnt'
Some additional points of interest to be aware of:
* While the catalog is now _capable_ of storing and providing dependency
and manifest signature data, the server does not yet provide v1
catalogs, and the client has not yet been changed to take advantage of
this. As such, speedy access to package metadata is not yet available.
* The performance of many operations such as 'info', 'list', and
'uninstall' have been significantly improved. For example, execution
time reductions for 'pkg list' of up to 93% have been noted on both x86
and SPARC systems. Further performance improvements are still possible
(especially on SPARC).
* The client currently has to store two copies of each publisher's
catalog (version 0, and version 1) for compatibility with servers that
only offer the v0 catalog format. This means that a few more megabytes
of disk space wil be used, but the tradeoff is that incremental updates
still work correctly with servers that only offer the older catalog format.
* Phase III, coming next week (hopefully) will implement the server-side
support for the v1 catalog format, and also change the client to take
advantage of the additional data it provides.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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