4.2.0 doesn't recognise Solaris 12

[James McPherson]

I updated my workstation to Solaris 12 build 4, removed vbox 4.1.18 and installed the 4.2.0 version. The postinstall script has a problem:

======== ## Executing postinstall script. Checking for older bits... Installing new ones... Detected Solaris 5.11 Version 12 Loading VirtualBox kernel modules...

• Loaded: Host module
• Loaded: NetAdapter module

here

• Loaded: NetFilter (Crossbow) module
• Warning!! Solaris 5.11 build 124 or higher required for USB support. Skipped installing USB support.

Configuring services...

• Warning!! Importing Zone access service ...FAILED.
• Warning!! Refer /var/svc/log/system-manifest-import:default.log for details.

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Firstly, this isn't Solaris 5.11 Version 12, it's Solaris 12. Secondly, the usb support check is broken.

For Solaris 11 (FCS) and later (11.1, 11.whatever, 12...), the usb support check should pass, because we are most definitely *past* s11_124. If you detect the kernel version as including "5.12" or "5.11-0.175" then you know that the check has passed.

If you check the kernel version with

STR_KERN=pkg info kernel |awk '/Branch/ {print $2}'

then you can use something like this to determine OS minor / micro versions:

if $STR_KERN =~ 5.12 ; then

# Next Release under development HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION="12"

elif $STR_KERN =~ 0.175.[1-9] ; then

# S11 Update release HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION="11."echo $STR_KERN|awk -F"." '{print $3}

else

# S11 FCS HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION="11"

fi

if $HOST_OST_MAJORVERSION == "11" ; then

HOST_OS_MINORVERSION=uname -r

else

HOST_OS_MINORVERSION=echo $STR_KERN|awk -F"." '{print $6}'

fi

I'll ignore for a moment that the Major Solaris Version is _5_ and not _5.11_.

Then when you do the vboxusb addition, you should firstly check the major then minor OS versions:

if [[ $HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION == "5.12" -o $HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION == "11.[1-9]" \

-o ( $HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION == "11" -a $HOST_OS_MINORVERSION -ge 123 ) ]] ; then ## clear to add the vboxusb driver

...

fi