Release Notes for Update Center 2.4
This document provides release information for the 2.4 release of the Update Center toolkit.
NOTE: Since the 2.4 release is currently under development, these release notes are not yet complete.
- Release Notes for Update Center 2.4
- Platform Requirements
- Supported Platforms
- Packages in This Release
- pkg(5) Version in This Release
- New Features and Enhancements in This Release
- Full List of Features and Enhancements
- Bug Fixes in This Release
- Known Issues and Workarounds in This Release
- Reporting New Issues
Platform Requirements
Supported Platforms
| Operating System | Architecture | Platform Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 |
x86 (32- and 64-bit) | Windows 7 is supported only for images installed and managed in a subdirectory of the user's home directory (Issue 1583 ). |
| MacOS X 10.4 and later | PPC, x86 |
Native components of the toolkit are Mac OS X universal binaries. |
| Solaris 10 | SPARC, x86 |
Solaris 10 8/07 (Update 4) or greater is recommended. The toolkit does not require extra patches on these versions.
On Solaris 10 3/05 through Solaris 10 11/06 (Update 3), first install these patches (or later versions of the same patches): |
| Solaris 9 8/03 (Update 4) and later (CLI only) | SPARC, x86 |
Only the use of pkg(5) CLI is supported on Solaris 9. The Update Tool GUI, the Software Update GUI, and the Desktop Notifier are not yet supported due to Gnome issue 310.
first install these patches (or later versions of the same patches): |
| OpenSolaris 2008.11 and later | x86 | |
| IBM AIX V6 (CLI only) | POWER | Only the use of pkg(5) CLI is supported on AIX. The Update Tool GUI, the Software Update GUI, and the Desktop Notifier are not yet supported. |
| openSUSE 11.0 | x86 (32- and 64-bit) | On 64-bit x86, first install the libidn-32bit rpm from YaST, the installation and configuration mangement tool for openSUSE. |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | x86 (32- and 64-bit) | On 64-bit x86, first install these 32-bit compatibility rpms:
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | x86 (32- and 64-bit) | On 64-bit x86, first install these 32-bit compatibility rpms:
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| SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Server and Desktop | x86 (32- and 64-bit) | On 64-bit x86, first install the libidn-32bit rpm. |
| Ubuntu 7.10 | x86 (32- and 64-bit) | On 64-bit x86, first install the ia32-libs and libidn11 packages from the Ubuntu package repository. |
| Ubuntu 8.x | x86 (32- and 64-bit) | On 64-bit x86, first install the ia32-libs, libidn11 and lib32nss-mdns packages from the Ubuntu package repository. |
| Ubuntu 9.04 | x86 (32- and 64-bit) | On 64-bit x86, first install the ia32-libs, libidn11 and lib32nss-mdns packages from the Ubuntu package repository. |
Packages in This Release
The following table shows the packages that make up Update Center 2.4.
| Package Name | Package Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pkg | version-bb.cccc | pkg(5) tools |
| pkg-extra-tools | version-bb.cccc | Extra tools for building packages and assembling distributions. |
| pkg-java | version.cccc | Java API for pkg(5) plus bootstraper |
| pkg-toolkit | version.cccc | Meta-package. Installing this will install all other packages. |
| pkg-toolkit-incorporation | version-bb.cccc | Incorporation. Ensures all installed packages are of the correct version. |
| python2.4-minimal | version-bb.cccc | Minimized python runtime need to support pkg and updatetool. Note that on Mac OS X the version is 2.4.5. |
| updatetool | version-bb.cccc | GUI tools |
| wxpython2.8-minimal | version-bb.cccc | WX Python runtime needed to support updatetool. |
Note that all the packages in the 2.4 release have the same value, bb.cccc, for the "branch" portion of their package versions. You can use this branch value to identify an Update Center package as a member of the 2.4 release.
pkg(5) Version in This Release
The version of pkg(5) in Update Center 2.4 is based on the version in build XXX of OpenSolaris, with the addition of features and bugs fixes unique to Update Center.
New Features and Enhancements in This Release
Full List of Features and Enhancements
The following table shows the full list of features and enhancements in the 2.4 release as compared to the 2.3 release.
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|
Bug Fixes in This Release
The following table shows the defects fixed in the 2.4 release as compared to the 2.3 release. It does not include defects discovered and fixed during the course of 2.4 release development.
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|
Known Issues and Workarounds in This Release
Full List of Known Issues
The following table lists all open defects known at delivery of the 2.4 release.
| Issue ID | Description |
|---|
Reporting New Issues
If you find something amiss, please consult the list of open Update Center 2 bugs to see if the problem has already been reported.- Update Center Toolkit
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