Documentation of the Image Packaging System on docs.oracle.com is in three books. All three books contain new information for the Oracle Solaris 11.2 release.
See also Tim Foster’s Web Log
Highlights:
- New pkg/mirror service
- New pkg/depot service
- New chapter about web server configuration, including a new section about configuring https access
- New pkgrecv –clone option
- New pkg install and pkg update troubleshooting section
- New chapter about updating an image
- New options for pkg subcommands:
- -r: perform operation recursively on specified non-global zones
- –sync-actuators: do not return until all actuators have finished
- –ignore-missing: when updating or uninstalling, ignore packages that are not installed
- New pkg exact-install command
- New file attribute for setting system attributes
Copying and Creating Package Repositories in Oracle Solaris 11.2
Chapter 1, “Image Packaging System Package Repositories”
– New section about best practices
Chapter 2, “Copying IPS Package Repositories”
– Copying from a zip file (see also Release Engineering’s blog) or iso file
– Using the pkgrecv command
– Using the new pkg/mirror service to automatically periodically update a repository
Chapter 3, “Providing Access To Your Repository”
– Using a ZFS share
– Using the pkg/server service
Chapter 4, “Maintaining Your Local IPS Package Repository”
– New repository update procedure
– Using the pkgrecv –clone option to clone a repository
– Using the new pkg/depot service to serve multiple repositories from a single location
Chapter 5, “Running the Depot Server Behind a Web Server”
– Caching, load balancing
– New section about configuring HTTPS repository access
Adding and Updating Software in Oracle Solaris 11.2
Chapter 1, “Introduction to the Image Packaging System”
– Incorporations and group packages, FMRIs, images
Chapter 2, “Getting Information About Software Packages”
– Packages that can be installed
– Package descriptions, licenses, dependencies, dependents
– Searching for packages
Chapter 3, “Installing and Updating Software Packages”
– New options for pkg subcommands regarding non-global zones, SMF actuators, and ignoring missing packages in a pkg update or uninstall
– New pkg exact-install command (see also Bart’s blog)
– Updated information about non-global zones
Chapter 4, “Updating or Upgrading an Oracle Solaris Image”
– Ways to control the version to which to upgrade, including creating a custom incorporation package
Chapter 5, “Configuring Installed Images”
– Configuring publishers
– Variants and facets
– Freezing
– Incorporation constraints
– Mediations
– Groups
Appendix A, “Troubleshooting Package Installation and Update”
– All new – Begins with steps you should always do and then is organized by error message
Appendix B, “IPS Graphical User Interfaces”
– Package Manager and Package Update
Packaging and Delivering Software With the Image Packaging System in Oracle Solaris 11.2
Chapter 1, “IPS Design Goals, Concepts, and Terminology”
– General information about software self-assembly and package lifecycle
– Definitions, package components
– New file attribute, sysattr, for setting system attributes
Chapter 2, “Packaging Software With IPS”
– Updated procedures for publishing and delivering your package
Chapter 3, “Installing, Removing, and Updating Software Packages”
– How this works in the Image Packaging System
Chapter 4, “Specifying Package Dependencies”
– New firmware value for the fmri attribute of the origin dependency for specifying driver firmware compatibility
Chapter 5, “Allowing Variations”
– Variants and facets
Chapter 6, “Modifying Package Manifests Programmatically”
– Using pkgmogrify
Chapter 7, “Automating System Change as Part of Package Installation”
– Specifying actuators on package actions
– Delivering SMF services in IPS packages
– New or updated examples of a run-once service and a self-assembly service
Chapter 8, “Advanced Topics For Package Updating”
– Renaming, merging, splitting, obsoleting packages
– New or updated examples of preserving editable packaged content, preserving unpackaged content, sharing content across boot environments, overlaying files, and delivering a mediation
Chapter 9, “Signing IPS Packages”
Chapter 10, “Handling Non-Global Zones”
Chapter 11, “Modifying Published Packages”
Appendix A, “Classifying Packages”
Appendix B, “How IPS Is Used To Package the Oracle Solaris OS”