Monday June 30, 2008 
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Monday June 30, 2008 Are you prepared for the change in the way fixes are delivered in OpenSolaris? With the Image Packaging System (IPS) in OpenSolaris, there is no longer the concept of a "patch" as it is known in Solaris 10 and earlier. Updates to OpenSolaris will be delivered via refreshes from the distribution repository - there will be no patch delivery vehicle for fixes in OpenSolaris. Interim relief for critical situations, for example security issues, will still be delivered via the IDR program but once the formal fix is released, it will be obtained by refreshing your packages via IPS. Do you create your own patches for 3rd party software?
If you "roll your own" patches using the Sun patch architecture to update 3rd party software via the (2008-06-30 02:59:57.0) Permalink Comments [1] Post a Comment: Comments are closed for this entry. |
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I'm not ready but I'm sure eager for this change. The patches have been murder in Solaris 10 since 118833-36 KU.
Posted by patch bitten on June 30, 2008 at 11:34 AM BST #