Hi all,
I've got an AMD64 system, running two zones, on Solaris Express b63 (LU from
b38).
I wanted to LiveUpgrade to b86, but it failed to configure all the packages
on the second zone, with the output:
Removing package foo:
pkgrm: ERROR: unable to perform preremoval check of package <foo> in zone
<zone2>
Removal of <foo> from zone <SUNWlu-zone1> was successful.
Removal of <foo> was successful.
As you can see, the upgrade appears to work perfectly well on the first zone
and the global zone, but fails on the second zone. I investigated this, and
discovered that, despite being a sparse root, the package list on zone2 is
under the impression that it has the packages from b38.
The following is an example:
# pkginfo -l -R /zones/zone2/root SUNWgnome-base-libs
PKGINST: SUNWgnome-base-libs
NAME: GNOME base GUI libraries - platform dependent files, /usr
filesystem
CATEGORY: GNOME2,application,JDS3
ARCH: i386
VERSION: 2.6.0,REV=101.0.3.2006.04.05.00.20
BASEDIR: /usr
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: GNOME base GUI libraries - platform dependent files, /usr
filesystem
PSTAMP: swanson20060405002031
INSTDATE: Dec 03 2006 21:40
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 166 installed pathnames
13 shared pathnames
21 directories
81 executables
38694 blocks used (approx)
Compare that to
# pkginfo -l SUNWgnome-base-libs
PKGINST: SUNWgnome-base-libs
NAME: GNOME base GUI libraries
CATEGORY: GNOME2,application,JDS4
ARCH: i386
VERSION: 2.16.1,REV=110.0.4.2007.04.10.16.45
BASEDIR: /usr
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: GNOME base GUI libraries
PSTAMP: verbal20070410111258
INSTDATE: May 07 2007 17:52
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 217 installed pathnames
19 shared pathnames
36 directories
101 executables
41977 blocks used (approx)
Understandably, this results in a good number of missing files and other
errors.
What is the best way to "fix" this? Since it's a sparse zone, I'm not sure
how the package database got out of sync (as far as I or the former sysadmin
know, there was never occasion to install any packages non-globally), and
I'm not sure how to restore the two databases to equilibrium.
(To be clear - the sparse zone contains the files from the package in the
global zone (from b63), but its package database still thinks it has the
packages from b38.)
- Rich
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