What's New in Software Management in the Solaris 9 Update Releases?

This section describes a new software management feature in this Solaris release.

pkgadd and patchadd Support for Signed Packages and Patches

Solaris 9 12/03 – This Solaris release enables you to securely download Solaris packages and patches that include a digital signature by using the updated pkgadd and patchadd commands.

In previous Solaris releases, you could download the Solaris patch management tools and use the smpatch command with PatchPro to manage signed patches. For step-by-step instructions on using the smpatch command to manage signed patches, see “Managing Signed Patches by Using Solaris Patch Management Tools (Tasks)” in Signed Patches Administration Guide for PatchPro 2.2.

For overview information about signed packages, see Overview of Software Packages.

For step-by-step instructions on using the patchadd command to add signed patches, see Adding Signed Patches With patchadd Command (Task Map).

For step-by-step instructions on using the pkgadd command to add signed packages, see Adding and Removing Signed Packages (Task Map).

prodreg Command Enhancements

Solaris 9 4/03 – You can now use several options to the prodreg command to access and manage the Solaris Product Registry from the command line.

For information on using the prodreg command to administer software packages, see Managing Software With the Solaris Product Registry Command-Line Interface (Task Map).