David.Comay wrote:
>> The .91 version has the timeout fixes that he needs though.
>>
>> I actually just installed .91 last night on an RC3 install of 2008.05
>> and then used image-update to upgrade to 91.
>>
>> What's so bad about doing that?
>
> Because one of the few dependencies that SUNWipkg has is on SUNWcsl and
> I believe installing the .91 version of SUNWipkg will pull down the .91
> version of SUNWcsl which may not be compatible with 2008.05 (circa
> build 86.)
>
> That's the primary reason that we've been (re)publishing the latest
> version of SUNWipkg under the older release builds.
To wrap it all up, I am now convinced that pkg image-update _can_ work,
only you have to be careful with the versions. Here are the steps I
used. Thanks to all involved and especially to David Comay and Dennis
Clarke, I learned a whole lot about IPS on the way.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pfexec pkg refresh --full
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pkg version SUNWipkg
d974bb176266
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pkg info SUNWipkg
Name: SUNWipkg
Summary: Image Packaging System
State: Installed
Authority: opensolaris.org (preferred)
Version: 0.5.11
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.86
Packaging Date: Sat Apr 26 17:49:40 2008
Size: 1.1 MB
FMRI: pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pfexec pkg install -nv [EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86
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
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pfexec pkg install -v [EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86
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
DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB)
Completed 1/1 100/100 0.89/0.89
PHASE ACTIONS
Removal Phase 2/2
Update Phase 92/92
Install Phase 11/11
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pkg version SUNWipkg
0ae5e72ba7ee
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ pkg info SUNWipkg
Name: SUNWipkg
Summary:
State: Installed
Authority: opensolaris.org (preferred)
Version: 0.5.11
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.86
Packaging Date: Fri Jun 20 10:17:00 2008
Size: 1.2 MB
FMRI: pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080620T101700Z
And the I did the standard steps of
$ pkg image-update
$ pfexec mount -F zfs rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1 /mnt
$ pfexec /mnt/boot/solaris/bin/update_grub /mnt
$ pfexec init 6
Cheers,
/Thommy M.
--
/"\ Join the ASCII | Thommy M. Malmström
\ / ribbon campaign | AB Hardeberga IT
X against HTML mail | Skiffervägen 23, 224 78 Lund
/ \ and postings | +46 70 969 57 93
=======================================================================
www.at-hardeberga.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
=======================================================================
"The box said 'Windows 2000 Server or better', so I installed Solaris."
=======================================================================
_______________________________________________
indiana-discuss mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
