Shawn Walker wrote:
Chris Gerhard wrote:
When virtualbox packages are released they will install on a running
system without requiring a reboot.
However since pkg image-update creates a new BE I get a bonus reboot.
Would it be possible for packages that can be installed in the live
system to install there. By all means create a new BE just in case but
just install in the live BE thus saving a reboot?
This has been discussed, but be aware that you don't have to
image-update to update specific packages on your system.
If you want to update a specific package just do something like:
pfexec pkg install pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 ...
That will "install" the newest version that can be installed for your
current system of the indicated packages.
Cheers,
I have a draft proposal to make the creation of a new boot environment
a flexible aspect of all image-modifying operations:
Currently, the pkg command deals rather simplistically with boot
environments; it always creates a new boot environent when doing an
image update or change-variant, and never does one on pkg install. We
recently enhanced pkg install and uninstall to prevent operation on
the live image if doing so would modify files tagged with
reboot-needed=true. However, it would be nice if pkg(1) could be a
little more malleable.
We can add the following option to install, uninstall, image-update
and change-variant and change-facet:
--new-be=[always, if-needed, never]
which would do as the names suggest: always create a new BE, create
one only if a file tagged w/ reboot-needed is being modified or
removed, or never create one respectively. In the latter case, the
operation will fail if such a file tagged w/ reboot-needed would be
affected.
I suggest that the default for all command be made "if-needed". This
would allow for a maximum of operational flexibility. This means that
if the only update available in your current set of repositories
impacts OpenOffice, you would not get a new boot environment during an
image-update. Likewise, changing facets to add or remove locale
support would not require a reboot, but modifying facets that cause
drivers to be removed would require a reboot since that has the
potential of preventing said reboot.
Alternatively, we can leave install and uninstall the way they
are today, with the default being --new-be=never. I would like
to make the rest of the commands if-needed, since this will
improve usability significantly for common operations.
- Bart
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Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance
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