[OmniOS-discuss] Bloody update for December 11th

[Dan McDonald]

This will be the last bloody update for 2015.  The new install media (ISO, USB-DD, or kayak .zfs.bz2) can be obtained via here:

	http://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/Installation

illumos-omnios is built from revision 2e8c0ba.  omnios-build is built from b7ab647, but is a faster moving target.

New in this bloody:

- PCRE to 8.38 (the one already patched in 014 & 016).

- OpenSSH now works properly with the illumos audit system.  This will be backported to 014 & 016 soon.

- OpenSSL to 1.0.2e (already patched in 014 & 016).

- Package variant support for DEBUG kernels now built-in (more on this below).

- ZFS receive now works with replication streams with intermediate snapshots that exceed refquota (a requested fix)

- SMB2 support (thanks Nexenta)


The "package variant" support (thanks to Jeff Sipek for the inspiration) allows a user of OmniOS to create a distinct boot environment with same-time-compiled bits, but with DEBUG enabled.  To create such a BE, you start by upgrading to these bits, and then you can use the "pkg change-variant" command.  The change-variant subcommand works a lot like install.  Here's an example:

	Last login: Fri Dec 11 10:30:56 2015
	OmniOS 5.11     omnios-2e8c0ba  December 2015
	# pkg variant -a
	VARIANT                                                                VALUE
	arch                                                                   i386
	debug.illumos                                                          false
	opensolaris.zone                                                       global
	# pkg change-variant -n debug.illumos=true
	            Packages to change: 188
	     Variants/Facets to change:   1
	       Create boot environment: Yes
	Create backup boot environment:  No

	Planning linked: 0/1 done; 1 working: zone:tz2
	Linked image 'zone:tz2' output:
	| No updates necessary for this image. (zone:tz2)
	`
	Planning linked: 1/1 done
	# 

If I wasn't using -n:  boom, instant DEBUG kernel in a new BE.  This will be handy for people who encounter problems.  We can request you create a DEBUG BE and reproduce your problem without having to ONU or do any other weirdness.

As I said earlier, this is the last bloody update for 2015.  Have a happy holiday season (whatever you celebrate, or not) and a happy new year!

Dan