Christine Tran wrote: > >> Install/Update failure in plan creation > >> pkg: the following package(s) violated constraints: > >> Package pkg:/[email protected],5.11-0.111 conflicts with > >> constraint > >> in installed pkg:/entire: > >> Pkg SUNWfreetype2: Optional min_version: 2.3.7,5.11-0.101 > >> max > >> version: 2.3.7,5.11-0.101 defined by: pkg:/entire > > Erm, I am using 2008.11. Can you explain what the error message > actually means?
It means that the 2.3.7-0.11 version of the package "SUNWfreetype2" conflicts with a constraint put on the system by the package "entire". This latter is what's called an "incorporation", whose sole purpose is to fix the versions of packages on the system to a set which is known to work together -- i.e., a particular build. Obviously, this is a bit heavy-handed right now -- there's some logic behind being able to install and run gvim on your system even if you're running an older system than gvim was initially introduced on (though generally a component needs to be built on the oldest version it is allowed to run on, and since the consolidation gvim is delivered from is built on pretty much the newest build of the OS, it might not actually work even if the packaging system would let you install it). We are working on being able to make these constraints more granular. The next step is to be able to decouple the various consolidations from each other, so that you'll be able to update, say, just JDS without having to go through incredible contortions. Beyond that, it's up to the individual consolidations to ensure that the packages they deliver can be safely installed on a system without being tightly bound together on a build by build basis. > I have something in my installation that is newer than what's available > on the repo? No, you are trying to install something that's newer than what your system will allow. > Can I force this in? If yes, what are the future implications? You can't force it. You can image-update to 2009.06, and then install SUNWgvim without complaint. Danek _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
