Hi,
In older Solaris releases when a sysadmin downloads a patch there is a
README file associated with it which lists bug fixes addressed by this
and all previous releases of the patch. I think that similar information
should be provided in IPS packages. Right now it is more of a black-box
approach - there is a new kernel package (or any other) but I can't
really easily tell of what value (if any) the new version is to me.
For example:
# pkg publisher
PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS URI
solaris (preferred) origin online https://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/support/
# pkg list -avf 'pkg://solaris/system/kernel'
FMRI STATE UFOXI
pkg://solaris/system/[email protected],5.11-0.151.0.1.1:20101211T005037Z
installed -----
pkg://solaris/system/[email protected],5.11-0.151.0.1:20101105T002924Z known
u----
#
So I image-update'ed a server and I can see that new system/kernel
package has been applied. However how can I:
- easily compare between these two packages on what files have changed?
I think that something like 'pkg diff fmri_1 fmri_2'which would
list what is different between two packages (files
changed, new files, deleted files, etc.) would be very helpful.
- old Solaris patches provided a list of bug/rfe fixes included in
each release. Right now I applied a new
system/kernel package and I have really no idea what it
introduced. I think that a new pkg subcommand which
would provide all included bug fixes + short description
addressed in a given package would be great + an ability
to see only bug fixed introduced between specific versions,
something like:
# pkg info --release-notes
pkg://solaris/system/[email protected],5.11-0.151.0.1.1:20101211T005037Z
* 0.5.11,5.11-0.151.0.1.1:20101211T005037Z
123457 New VM2.0 subsystem introduced
* 0.5.11,5.11-0.151.0.1:20101105T002924Z
123456 ZFS encryption
123455 ZIL Synchronicity
Or am I missing something here?
--
Robert Milkowski
http://milek.blogspot.com
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