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Re: [cobalt-developers] Cobalt OS 6.1 Patch

Greg.
I did the update.
The update did go ok. Up to now there is nothing which makes me suspicious.

The only thing I do not understand is:
Loging in to the Qube trough telnet I do still see

************************************************************
Cobalt Linux release 6.0 (Carmel)
Kernel 2.2.16C7 on an i586
************************************************************
Not 6.1


Checking the update with the Browser informs the update 6.1 is installed.

Would be nice to hear a comment from Cobalt about this.

jakob


At 11:15 16.03.2001 +1100, you wrote:
Jakob Strebel wrote

Hi Greg,

on 16/3/01 9:31 AM, Greg Dutton at gdutton@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Has anyone installed the Cobalt OS 6.1 patch for the Qube3?

Not I ... I'm waiting for someone else to be brave and report success.

> Does anyone know what it updates?  It would be nice to get better
> descpriptions of the update packages rather than the generic ones that are
> given.

Couldn't agree more ... IMHO Technical Notes should be published for each
and every update/patch.

on 10/3/01 10:53 AM, Jared L. Height at jheight@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> ===================================
> Software Updates For Qube 3
> ===================================
> Qube3-en-Update-1.0: OS Update 1.0 (English Only)
>
> Reboot Required:  YES
>
> Note:
> This update requires Qube3-en-System-0.0.1-9375 (the BlueLinQ update)
> Installed prior to installation of this update.
> This update will update the OS version of Qube3 from 6.0 to 6.1.  The patch
> will not appear within the installed software.  Although after installation
> the updated OS version will appear.
>
> Description:
> The Cobalt OS is the base software for the Cobalt Qube 3. This software
> package is required in order for your server appliance to function.
>
> Obsoletes These Previous Updates:
> - Qube3-All-System-0.0.1-8737
> - Qube3-en-System-0.0.1-8644    (English Only)
> - Qube3-en-System-0.0.1-9375    (English Only)
> - Qube3-All-Security-0.0.1-9100
> - Qube3-All-Security-0.0.1-9353
> - Qube3-All-Security-0.0.1-9531
> - Qube3-All-Security-0.0.1-9566
> - Qube3-All-Security-0.0.2-9078
> - Qube3-All-Security-0.0.1-9648
>
> Actions at installation:
> For any domains served by the Qube's DNS server that don't have valid a SOA
> CCE object will be given a valid SOA object.

For a 23MB update, I don't think this is a sufficient information.

Ok the Qube is an appliance and "most" owners don't want to know, don't need
to know and/or won't understand anyway, but I believe Technical Notes should
be published on what each update actually contains.

What I think is needed is along the lines of what Apple does ... take for
example the Technical Note for MacOS 9.1;

    <http://devworld.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn2010.html>

Such Cobalt Technical Notes don't have to be listed on the public site for
consumption by most customers but they should be available none the less.

I think we have all experienced updates doing bad things ... the first step
in fault finding it to know or find out what has changed.  The current
situation leaves it up to the end user to discover what has changed and this
is simply not good enough.

The information on what these updates contain and do has to be documented
somewhere ... it just need to be published.

Cheers,  Malcolm

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