Nirmal Agarwal wrote:

> Sorry for not being too explicit in the previous mail. I wanted to
> understand the use of "--be-name" with "pkg install" command (and
> not with pkg image-update.).

It's exactly the same.  Try to forget, if you can, the fact that
image-update used to always create a new boot environment, and install
never did.  Now, both will do so if necessary, and only if necessary.  That
necessity is determined by whether any actions tagged with reboot-needed
are being updated and the operation is being done on the live root.

Thus, if image-update would only bring you a new version of the compilers
and openoffice, it won't bother with a new BE, but if you say "pkg install
ent...@new-build", then you'll get a new boot environment.  You kinda have
to know in advance whether a new boot environment will be created to know
whether the --be-name option will be useful.

Danek
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