I installed OpenSolaris 2008.05 when it first came out. At some point, I followed some instructions to point the package manager to a SWAN internal OS repository mirror and installed from there. Later I discovered that although it was supposed to be a mirror, when I pointed the package manager to the regular repository all of the packages had slightly different timestamps so the package manager wanted to updated virtually all the installed packages.
This was when I first discovered that the package manager is a memory hog. I said update all, and the whole thing hung. I was finally able to update them all by taking a few at a time. Okay, so now I wanted to update to build 90. I tired update all again, and again it hung. So, I tried to update only the packages that are in the kernel update patch. Big mistake. The package manager happily updated the packages I requested, but after that I went to reboot, and now the system won't boot. I get the bios then the grub menu. I choose OpenSolaris and then boom, I'm back to the bios startup. Okay, knowing what I do about Solaris, I can accept that getting the updated packages wrong can brickify your system, but either the package manager needs to handle this for you, or put up a dialog in blinking red that says "Danger: Warm brick imminent." I thought the enticing "Shall we play a game?" gambit went out years ago. At least they called the game "Global Thermonuclear Warfare" as a clue. -- blu There are two rules in life: Rule 1- Don't tell people everything you know ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
