On 01/04/2010 19:39, Danek Duvall wrote:
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
Thanks. It's good to add some informative message to packagemanager /
pkg about why new BE is needed in different cases, to make it more clear.
Regards,
Hillel.
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