Hillel Lubman wrote: > Is there a way to update a single package from IPS without updating the > whole image and without new BE creation? For example, recently a new > version of VirtualBox came out, and update is available for extra > repository. But attempting to update it from package manager tries to > create a new BE. Why is that, and is there a way to update single > packages? I didn't find corresponding options in CLI pkg too.
Simply installing the new version will upgrade that package to the new version without updating your entire image. However, virtualbox includes kernel modules, and upgrading a kernel module is not safe to do on a live system, so it forces you to do it in a new BE. At the moment, you have to do that manually, at least if you're running from the commandline. We do intend for the kernel module handling to be a bit more clever -- if the modules in question can be unloaded, then do so, and then do the upgrade -- but for now, you're stuck with needing a new BE. Danek _______________________________________________ install-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/install-discuss
