It’s now around two weeks until we plan to freeze OmniOS bloody as we prepare for the r151024 release in November

We have just updated our bloody IPS repository with all of the latest bits and would appreciate your help in putting them through their paces. If you have some spare cycles please grab the ISO and set up a bloody system for testing, or do a test upgrade of an r151022 system to a bloody boot-environment. The open VM tools package has been brought right up-to-date so it would also be good to get some feedback about running this version under different versions of VMware.

Downloads can be found at https://downloads.omniosce.org/media/bloody/

Thanks in advance from the OmniOSce team.

Draft release notes for r151024

#f03c15 ** These are DRAFT release notes and subject to change ** #f03c15

bloody update 20170925

uname -v shows omnios-master-5975598b2d

New features since r151022

System Features

  • Support for SuSE linux images within lx zones, courtesy of Joyent.

  • Loader can now handle disks with native 4k sectors.

  • svcs -Z no longer emits an error message for zones which do not have SMF.

  • The GCC C++ compiler now supports __cxa_atexit which is required for fully standards-compliant handling of static destructors.

  • Java is now an optional package, only required if you use the dynamic resource pools feature. After upgrade to r151024, you can remove java if desired as follows:

    omnios# pkg uninstall runtime/java java/jdk service/resource-pools/poold

  • The openssl package now contains both OpenSSL 1.0.2 and 1.1.0, managed by a versioned variant. This is the first step on the two year plan to upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1 before the end-of-life date for 1.0. Note that OmniOS itself does not yet build with OpenSSL 1.1. For more information and a list of affected parts of OmniOS, see the repository README file

  • The package/pkg/depot, package/pkg/system-repository and package/pkg/zones-proxy packages have been removed from OmniOS. The first two were not previously installable without work and the latter could only be installed in a non-global zone, where it did no good without the corresponding part in the global zone. package/pkg/zones-proxy has been marked as obsolete so will be automatically removed from non-global zones as they are upgraded.

  • pkg/server can now serve repositories for publisher names containing a hyphen.

  • mountd and statd can now be run on a fixed port.

Hardware Support

  • Support for AVX-512 processor extensions.

  • Support for Chelsio T6 Ethernet devices.

  • The audiovia97 driver has been removed.

Commands and Command Options

  • zpool scrub -p to pause a scrub.

  • ipadm -T dhcp -h <hostname> to specify a hostname that will be sent to the DHCP server in order to request an association. Existing DHCP addresses can have this added via ipadm set-addrprop -p reqhost=<hostname> <if>.

  • New nvmeadm utility to manage NVMe controllers and namespaces.

  • New zfs program facility to run lua scripts to perform batch administrative ZFS operations. See Issue 7431 for more details, man page and examples.

  • xargs has a new option -P <maxprocs> to run up to maxprocs parallel child processes.

  • last has a new option -l to show longer dates and times, including the current year.

Developer Features

  • ld now handles arguments of the form -Wl,-z,aslr (two commas). This is a compiler argument which should result in the linker being called with -z aslr but some buggy build systems pass it directly to the linker.

  • GCC 5 has been upgraded to 5.4.0 and moved to /opt/gcc-5 to reflect the new numbering scheme used from version 5 onwards. The mediated symlinks in /usr/bin are still the best way to invoke GCC but you may need to update your $PATH or scripts if you have previously explicitly used /opt/gcc-5.1.0.

  • GCC version 6 is now available - pkg install developer/gcc6 - and can be found in /opt/gcc-6. Note that GCC 6’s default standard for C++ is -std=gnu++14. This is a change from GCC 5 which used -std=gnu++98. Some software may assume gnu++98 and to compile it with GCC 6 you will need to specify --std=gnu++98 or update the software. More detail on the changes in GCC 6 can be found on the gcc web site.

  • Perl has been upgraded to 5.24.3 and the components have been renamed to remove the minor version from paths. This means that modules no longer have to be rebuilt/moved following minor perl upgrades. The version of perl shipped with OmniOS is for internal system use and should not be relied on for anything else.

  • All of the constraints delivered under incorporation/jeos/omnios-userland are now protected with version-lock facets. This allows each constraint to be selectively disabled. This is most useful for people developing OmniOS but can also aid temporary local package updates. Example:

    omnios# pkg change-facet version-lock.web/wget=false

    To revert, set the facet to none

    omnios# pkg change-facet version-lock.web/wget=none

  • New omnios-build-tools package to easily install everything required to build OmniOS userland.

  • It is now possible to build OmniOS in a non-global zone (with the caveat that it is not possible to build release media in a NGZ).

Deprecated features

  • The calendar utility has been removed.
  • The audiovia97 driver has been removed.
  • GCC version 5 will be removed in the next stable version of OmniOS, r151026.

Package changes ([+] Added, [-] Removed, [*] Changed)

  • data/iso-codes 3.74 -> 3.76 [*]
  • database/sqlite-3 3.18.0 -> 3.20.1 [*]
  • developer/bmake 20160926 -> 20170812 [*]
  • developer/build/automake 1.15 -> 1.15.1 [*]
  • developer/gcc5 5.4.0 [+]
  • developer/gcc5/libgmp-gcc5 6.1.2 [+]
  • developer/gcc5/libmpc-gcc5 1.0.3 [+]
  • developer/gcc5/libmpfr-gcc5 3.1.5 [+]
  • developer/gcc6 6.4.0 [+]
  • developer/gcc6/libgmp-gcc6 6.1.2 [+]
  • developer/gcc6/libmpc-gcc6 1.0.3 [+]
  • developer/gcc6/libmpfr-gcc6 3.1.5 [+]
  • developer/java/jdk 1.7.0.141.2 -> 1.7.0.151.1 [*]
  • developer/lexer/flex 2.6.0 -> 2.6.4 [*]
  • developer/swig 2.0.12 -> 3.0.12 [*]
  • developer/versioning/git 2.13.5 -> 2.14.1 [*]
  • developer/versioning/mercurial 4.2.3 -> 4.3.2 [*]
  • editor/vim 8.0.567 -> 8.0.586 [*]
  • file/gnu-coreutils 8.27 -> 8.28 [*]
  • library/c++/sigcpp 2.99.8 -> 2.99.9 [*]
  • library/expat 2.2.2 -> 2.2.4 [*]
  • library/glib2 2.34.3 -> 2.54.0 [*]
  • library/idnkit 1.0 -> 2.3 [*]
  • library/idnkit/header-idnkit 1.0 -> 2.3 [*]
  • library/libxslt 1.1.29 -> 1.1.30 [*]
  • library/ncurses 6.0.20170722 -> 6.0.20170916 [*]
  • library/nghttp2 1.21.1 -> 1.26.0 [*]
  • library/nspr 4.16 -> 4.17 [*]
  • library/nspr/header-nspr 4.16 -> 4.17 [*]
  • library/pcre 8.40 -> 8.41 [*]
  • library/python-2/asn1crypto-27 0.22.0 [+]
  • library/python-2/cffi-27 1.11.0 [+]
  • library/python-2/cheroot-27 5.8.3 [+]
  • library/python-2/cherrypy-27 3.2.2 -> 11.0.0 [*]
  • library/python-2/coverage-27 4.3.4 -> 4.4.1 [*]
  • library/python-2/cryptography-27 2.0.3 [+]
  • library/python-2/enum-27 0.4.6 [+]
  • library/python-2/idna-27 2.6 [+]
  • library/python-2/ipaddress-27 1.0.18 [+]
  • library/python-2/jsonschema-27 2.5.1 -> 2.6.0 [*]
  • library/python-2/lxml-27 3.7.2 -> 4.0.0 [*]
  • library/python-2/m2crypto-27 0.24.0 -> 0.26.2 [*]
  • library/python-2/mako-27 1.0.6 -> 1.0.7 [*]
  • library/python-2/numpy-27 1.12.1 -> 1.13.1 [*]
  • library/python-2/portend-27 2.1.2 [+]
  • library/python-2/pylint-27 1.7.1 -> 1.7.2 [*]
  • library/python-2/pyopenssl-27 0.11 -> 17.3.0 [*]
  • library/python-2/pytz-27 2017.2 [+]
  • library/python-2/setuptools-27 0.6.11 -> 36.5.0 [*]
  • library/python-2/simplejson-27 3.10.0 -> 3.11.1 [*]
  • library/python-2/six-27 1.11.0 [+]
  • library/python-2/tempora-27 1.9 [+]
  • library/python-2/typing-27 3.6.2 [+]
  • library/security/trousers 0.3.8 -> 0.3.14 [*]
  • media/cdrtools 3.0 -> 3.1 [*]
  • network/dns/idnconv 1.0 -> 2.3 [*]
  • network/openssh 7.4.1 -> 7.5.1 [*]
  • network/openssh-server 7.4.1 -> 7.5.1 [*]
  • network/service/isc-dhcp 4.3.5 -> 4.3.6 [*]
  • package/pkg/depot 0.5.11 [-]
  • package/pkg/system-repository 0.5.11 [-]
  • runtime/java 1.7.0.141.2 -> 1.7.0.151.1 [*]
  • runtime/perl 5.24.1 -> 5.24.3 [*]
  • runtime/perl-64 5.24.1 -> 5.24.3 [*]
  • runtime/perl/manual 5.24.1 -> 5.24.3 [*]
  • security/sudo 1.8.7 -> 1.8.21.2 [*]
  • shell/pipe-viewer 1.6.0 -> 1.6.6 [*]
  • shell/zsh 5.3.1 -> 5.4.2 [*]
  • system/data/console/fonts 0.5.11 [+]
  • system/library/dbus 1.11.12 -> 1.11.16 [*]
  • system/library/g++-5-runtime 5.1.0 -> 5.4.0 [*]
  • system/library/g++-6-runtime 6.4.0 [+]
  • system/library/gcc-5-runtime 5.1.0 -> 5.4.0 [*]
  • system/library/gcc-6-runtime 6.4.0 [+]
  • system/library/libdbus 1.11.12 -> 1.11.16 [*]
  • system/library/mozilla-nss 3.32.1 -> 3.33 [*]
  • system/library/mozilla-nss/header-nss 3.32.1 -> 3.33 [*]
  • system/management/ipmitool 1.8.16 -> 1.8.18 [*]
  • system/pciutils 3.5.4 -> 3.5.5 [*]
  • system/test/fio 2.12 -> 3.0 [*]
  • system/virtualization/open-vm-tools 9.4.0 -> 10.1.10 [*]
  • terminal/screen 4.5.1 -> 4.6.1 [*]
  • terminal/tmux 2.3 -> 2.5 [*]
  • text/gnu-diffutils 3.5 -> 3.6 [*]
  • text/gnu-grep 3.0 -> 3.1 [*]
  • web/curl 7.54.1 -> 7.55.1 [*]