On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Thommy M. Malmström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Which version of pkg(5) are you running? You can >> >> check this using the >> >> command "pkg version". >> > >> > Probably the .91 as that is what I installed, but >> I'll check tomorrow when at office. >> >> In the link you provided >> >> http://jp.opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageI >> =254206&tstart=0 >> >> the message showed an attempt to install >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - were >> you already running build 91 at the time? Note that >> you should be >> installing the version of SUNWipkg that corresponds >> to your build. If >> you've just installed 2008.05, the version of >> SUNWipkg you want to >> install is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Well, that's what I was ranting(*) about in the first place. How can I know > what version to install? It's not very well documented.
I have to agree that this is complete gobblydygook : -bash-3.2# pkg install -v -n [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before evaluation: UNEVALUATED: +pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080620T101700Z After evaluation: pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z -> pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080620T101700Z None So that means less than nothing to me. I have more than a little bit of experience with Solaris and maybe even some hands on with various Solaris Nevada releases but I have no clue what is going on with this new package format and all those versions all over the place. This thing is only 60 days old ( almost ) and it is out of control in terms of package versions already. Look at http://pkg.opensolaris.org/status and then search for the ipkg release versions and you see : pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20071031T175339Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080423T061943Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080205T160845Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080205T151051Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20071114T202952Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080422T214950Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080428T105333Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080423T061913Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080428T105324Z hell .. it isn't even sorted in any order ... let me sort that manually. Looks like a 5.11-075 in there and that is the lowest .. pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20071031T175339Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080205T151051Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20071114T202952Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080423T061913Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080428T105324Z and then 5.11-0.79 pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080423T061943Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080205T160845Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080428T105333Z and then ... what? 0.5.11,5.11-0.86 it looks like pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080422T214950Z and then we need to sort the timestamps .. but I'm not going to do that manually. HOLD ON A SEC .... the situation is .. worse -bash-3.2# wget --output-document=pkg_status http://pkg.opensolaris.org/status --19:10:08-- http://pkg.opensolaris.org/status => `pkg_status' Resolving pkg.opensolaris.org... 72.5.123.21 Connecting to pkg.opensolaris.org|72.5.123.21|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/html] 0K ...... 307.04 KB/s 19:10:10 (307.04 KB/s) - `pkg_status' saved [417050] -bash-3.2# -bash-3.2# grep SUNWipkg pkg_status | grep -v gui pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20071031T175339Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080423T061943Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080205T160845Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080205T151051Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20071114T202952Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080422T214950Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080428T105333Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080423T061913Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080428T105324Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.89:20080527T164546Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080529T103045Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.90:20080604T143532Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.91:20080613T182326Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.90:20080613T183353Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080613T183415Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080620T101700Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.90:20080620T101731Z pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.91:20080620T101740Z -bash-3.2# -bash-3.2# grep SUNWipkg pkg_status | grep -v gui | cut -f2,3 -d\: | sort /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20071031T175339Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20071114T202952Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080205T151051Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080423T061913Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.75:20080428T105324Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080205T160845Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080423T061943Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.79:20080428T105333Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080422T214950Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080529T103045Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080613T183415Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080620T101700Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.89:20080527T164546Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.90:20080604T143532Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.90:20080613T183353Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.90:20080620T101731Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.91:20080613T182326Z /[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.91:20080620T101740Z -bash-3.2# So the last one there is 0.5.11,5.11-0.91:20080620T101700Z okay .. so that is the latest guy .. This is nothing short of insane in terms of versions to track and to figure out what a user would want. Those previous versions should be hidden or buried .. or .. hell .. dumped onto tape or a ZFS snapshot somewhere. Don't expose all that to an ordinary user. If the objective here is to make things easier for the new user ... sorry but this is a big miss by a wide margin. In the army this would be called a winger. Like a high explosives round that lands on the highway two miles to the left of the target area. Dennis Clarke _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
