Ian Collins wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a preferred way to keep Studio compilers up to date on an > OpenSolaris system? > > The version in the repository hadn't been updated in a long time. I > currently keep a last SXCE system around as a host for Studio so I can > apply patches. >
Well there is a very recent Solaris Studio Express release from June of this year. That would be a good one to use if you want all the latest bug fixes. It's available as a plain tarball, so you can untar it on OpenSolaris. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solarisstudio/downloads/index-jsp-136197.html In terms of patches, there's no good answer. There are several business issues that come into play here. There is ongoing discussion about which patches should be free and which patches should only be available via support contract. The business context for Solaris (an operating system) are very different than the one for Solaris Studio (developer tools), but we use the same distribution system and process for the patches. Because Solaris Studio is an "unbundled" tool, it doesn't participate in the core release processes that the rest of Solaris does. This means that releasing Solaris Studio through the OpenSolaris repo requires special manual release engineering steps. None of these are blockers, they are just issues that the Solaris Studio team has to work through before we can give people a clear and predictable release strategy on OpenSolaris/Solaris 11. I hope that we will be able to offer more frequent "patch update" releases in the future, I know that would be useful for our users. As a side-note, I wrote a python script a while back that can install SYSV patches on top of a tarball. It's probably out of date, but if you're technically inclined, you might be interested in seeing if you can get it to work for you. http://quenelle.org/unix/2009/solaris-patches-on-tarballs/ _______________________________________________ tools-discuss mailing list tools-discuss@opensolaris.org
