* Danek Duvall (Danek.Duvall at Sun.COM) wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 10:56:52AM -0700, Glenn Lagasse wrote: > > > * Aaron Epps (epps.aaron at mayo.edu) wrote: > > > What is it and why isn't it installed by default? After doing a clean > > > install of OpenSolaris 2009.06 I'm immediately told to install this > > > update; when I do it creates an entirely new boot environment. What > > > happens when I install the "entire" package? Do I really need a whole > > > new boot environment to install this package? > > > > So, first it is installed by default. What you're seeing is that we had > > to backpublish a fix to the entire package in order to fix a potential > > upgrade issue. Entire doesn't contain any packages (merely constrains a > > set of packages to specific version). You don't need to create a new BE > > to upgrade entire in this case. You could do: > > > > pkg install entire > > > > and that will install the new version of entire. > > In general, though, that's quite dangerous, as if it moves the constraints > on system packages forward such that things like libc get updated, you run > a reasonable chance of blowing your system to kingdom come. Be > extraordinarily careful whenever you manipulate entire -- generally run > with -nv first, to see exactly what will be updated.
All very true, in this particular case it's harmless but I agree that it's not a good idea in general. Cheers, -- Glenn
