Mixed Up With eDirectory Versions
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Dec 2001
Q.
I just finished installing NetWare 6 on my new server hardware. I checked the version of eDirectory and see two numbers, 8.6.0 and 10110.20. Would you explain to me the significance of the two numbers?
Confused in Calcutta
A.
Dear Confused: You are correct. The versioning information has been confusing for some time now. Novell eDirectory Development and Marketing have finally agreed to have two different version strings for their modules and eDirectory is the first product to use this new versioning process.
For eDirectory, the Marketing version string will be "eDirectory 8.6.0" and the Development version string will be "10110.20." Both of these version strings are displayed when the user types
MODULES DS.NLM
at the server console prompt.
The Marketing string is pretty easy to understand ([Product] [Major Rev].[Minor Rev].[Update]); but the Development version string needs some explaining. The actual breakdown is as follows: [release number (1-4293)][sub-release number (01-99)][release source (1-4=Product or 5-9=CPR)][build number (001-999)][build source (0, 5, 6-26)]
So, "10110.20" is actually - Release number 1 (Dove), the first sub-release (FCS), released by the Product group, build number 2, built by Engineering.
Is this confusing? Yes. But, in the long run, we should be more able to determine what the customer is running and where they got it from.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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