Hi George, It feels like you've administered yourself into a corner, but I think there are ways to get out of it. I won't provide you with the whole procedure but hopefully I'll leave enough hints so you can figure out the rest.
On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 10:12:54PM +0000, Wyche, George PW via users wrote: > Need advice about updating an old setup. > > This system is isolated from the internet. We have a procedure for that: https://www.opencsw.org/community/questions/92/installing-without-direct-internet-access But it doesn't apply to your setup in a straightforward way. In your case, I would recommend making a local mirror of the catalog: https://www.opencsw.org/manual/for-administrators/mirror-setup.html > Been content with CSW software (333 packages) since late 2012. > > Reading, I see that big reason for lots of changes was being caught just when > all the SO's were separated out. > Pkgutil -C says I have 198 of 333 have changed. And 39 of the 198 are "not in > catalog". > The "not in catalog" means I don't know what those CSW<pkg_name> is now > named. So if I want to do "pkgutil -in" I will have to guess (and be wrong). I guess the problem is that you skipped intermediate releases. You need to upgrade to each consecutive catalog release. They have been released in a way that when you go from catalog N to N+1, you don't get these errors. But if you go from catalog N to N+2, you'll get these errors. Browse the "releases" subdirectory on the mirror to find the ordering of catalog names. > Since I cannot reasonably QA all the programs using openCSW support that I > have, what alternatives do I have when after a few weeks post updating I find > a program "I MUST HAVE" doesn't work (well enough) because some library > change is incompatible? Throw away all the work I did updating (and giving up > CSWgcc4g++)? Find exactly which programs use the offending library (assuming > I can figure that out) and uninstall all of them so I can revert just that SO > library so my "MUST HAVE" can work again? Try using Live Upgrade for that. If something goes wrong, you can go back to the previous state. > [[I feel like my system is unchangeable! I should pick up another > workstation, do the updating on it, and stuff the former workstation in the > closet as a backup.]] Sounds like a good idea! Maciej
