[OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg update

Thu Dec 17 17:55:40 UTC 2015

Thank's for your reply.

For me pkgcompare script avoid to do blind pkg update everyday. I don't want to know exactly what line of code changed and I know that a recompiled package
is not the same (compilation options, optimisation, ...) can change a package, Same when changing the gcc version by a better one.

I just want to know main changes or if an expected package (for me) is there an I think other people want to know that.

Running this evenining give me such information. For example that firefox is updated from beta 7? to release :

web/browser/firefox 43.0.0.7-2015.0.2 -> 43.0.0.99-2015.0.2

that a bind security update is here :

network/dns/bind 9.9.7.3-2015.0.1 -> 9.9.8.2-2015.0.2

and so on

Here are some changes since 5/12/2015

# ./pkgcompare
system/management/snmp/sea/sea-config
0.5.11-2015.0.2 -> None
image/library/libjpeg6
None -> 6.0.2-2015.0.2
image/library/libjpeg6-ijg
None -> 6.0.2-2015.0.2
desktop/administration/nwam-manager
1.151.0-2014.1.3 -> 1.151.0-2015.0.2
desktop/remote-desktop/tigervnc
1.1.0-2015.0.1 -> 1.1.0-2015.0.2
editor/vim
7.4-2015.0.0 -> 7.4-2015.0.2
editor/vim/vim-core
7.4-2015.0.0 -> 7.4-2015.0.2
gnome/help-viewer/yelp
2.30.2-2015.0.0 -> 2.30.2-2015.0.2
image/editor/inkscape
0.48.5-2015.0.1 -> 0.48.5-2015.0.2
image/library/libjpeg
6.0.2-2013.0.0 -> 6.0.2-2015.0.2
image/library/libpng10
1.0.64-2015.0.2 -> 1.0.65-2015.0.2
image/library/libpng12
1.2.54-2015.0.2 -> 1.2.55-2015.0.2
image/library/libpng14
1.4.17-2015.0.2 -> 1.4.18-2015.0.2
library/libsndfile
1.0.25-2015.0.1 -> 1.0.25-2015.0.2
library/libxml2
2.9.2-2015.0.2 -> 2.9.3-2015.0.2
library/mpich/gcc
3.1.3-2014.1.3 -> 3.2-2015.0.2
library/python-2/libxml2-26
2.9.2-2015.0.2 -> 2.9.3-2015.0.2
library/python-2/libxml2-27
2.9.2-2015.0.2 -> 2.9.3-2015.0.2
library/python-2/tkinter-27
2.7.10-2015.0.1 -> 2.7.11-2015.0.2
network/dns/bind
9.9.7.3-2015.0.1 -> 9.9.8.2-2015.0.2
runtime/perl-516
5.16.3-2014.1.2 -> 5.16.3-2015.0.2
runtime/python-27
2.7.10-2015.0.1 -> 2.7.11-2015.0.2
runtime/python-27/tests
2.7.10-2015.0.1 -> 2.7.11-2015.0.2
system/library/flex-runtime
2.5.35-2014.0.1 -> 2.5.35-2015.0.2
web/browser/firefox
43.0.0.7-2015.0.2 -> 43.0.0.99-2015.0.2
web/data/firefox-bookmarks
43.0.0.7-2015.0.2 -> 43.0.0.99-2015.0.2
x11/server/xorg
1.14.7-2015.0.1 -> 1.14.7-2015.0.2
x11/server/xvnc
1.1.0-2015.0.1 -> 1.1.0-2015.0.2

PS.

For people prefering ESR release 38.4.0 release of firefox and thunderbird are here.

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/38.4.0esr/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/

http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/38.4.0/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/

> Message du 17/12/15 09:44
> De : "Alexander Pyhalov" 
> A : "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" 
> Copie à : "cpforum" 
> Objet : Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg update
> 
> On 12/17/2015 10:33, cpforum wrote:
> > pkg update -nv give the list of updated package. The problem is that most of them are just recompiled without changing code.
> >
> > For example the following package is just recompiled
> >
> > system/network
> > 0.5.11-2015.0.2.15412 -> 0.5.11-2015.0.2.15420
> >
> > The last number 15412 goes to 15420 => the package is just recompiled (and they are every day).
> > If 0.2 changed to 0.3 I think the code changed.
> >
> > The purpose of the script is to compare version without suffix.
> >
> > If the version number without suffix differs the script display the package (same package is not displayed).
> > So you know exactly what packages have changed since last pkg update.
> 
> Hi.
> As Nikola has already stated, it's not true. For illumos-gate to know 
> what's changed, you'll have to look into sources. For our packages when 
> every part of package version (and not timestamp) is changed, the 
> package needs to be updated. It can be just recompiled or republished, 
> but this can be done for the reason - for example, to rebuild against 
> new libraries, to modify file permissions and so on. To know for sure 
> that you DON'T need this update, you have to examine source code. And 
> usually you DO want to update package.
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Alexander Pyhalov,
> system administrator of Southern Federal University IT department
>