On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 11:39 +0000, Paul Johnston wrote:
> pa...@solaris:~$ pfexec pkg install database/postgres-84
> Creating Planpkg: 'database/postgres-84' matches multiple packages
> service/database/postgres-84
> database/postgres-84
>
> So how could you install a package whose name is a subset of an others?
You would need to give the full name of the package, eg.
$ sudo pkg install pkg:/database/postgres-84
> Not that it installs anyway!
> pa...@solaris:~$ pfexec pkg install service/database/postgres-84
> No updates necessary for this image.
> pa...@solaris:~$ pfexec pkg list -a | grep service/database/postgres-84
> service/database/postgres-84 8.4.4-0.146 known
> --o--
In this case, the package has been marked as obsolete, so this version
of the package can't be installed. You might be able to install earlier
versions of it, if they're allowed by any incorporation constraints.
cheers,
tim
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