Another smpatch error

For the record, if you update your Solaris 10 machine from a GA install and then run smpatch analyze (or smpatch update) and get:

# smpatch analyze
Failure: Unknown host (getupdates.sun.com) connecting to https://getupdates.sun.com/solaris/

Run 'updatemanager' to register your machine with Sun Update Connection.

For security patches, it's still free (for now). Otherwise, you need to pony up for their service plans.

Why they didn't test this and give a useful error message is beyond me.

Lame.

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