Bernd Schemmer wrote: > Shawn, > >>> You're using a fairly old version of the package system from November of >>> last year. > > Hmm, I installed OpenSolaris 11/2008 and did one image update (Well, I think > so ... I'm still not confortable with the new packaging system and the new > wording) > > $ beadm list > BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created > -- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- > opensolaris - - 9.61M static 2009-04-12 22:59 > opensolaris-1 NR / 8.03G static 2009-04-17 20:31 > > $ uname -a > SunOS t61p 5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86pc
Okay, so you're still on b101 using the stable /release repository. Updates to the packaging system are currently only available from the /dev repository. >>> Also, from the error, it looks like the catalog you received from a >>> package server is corrupt. By chance, are you trying to retrieve a >>> catalog from the jucr repositories? > > What is a "jucr repository"? http://jucr.opensolaris.org/ >>> What's the output of "pkg authority" ? > > It's now (after I removed the contrib repository; see the update to my first > posting) Which contrib and pending repositories were you using? If you are using the ones from jucr.opensolaris.org, they're currently experiencing technical difficulties. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker
