Hi Dave.
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 16:40 +0800, Dave Lin wrote:
> > Packagemanager shows them as updates, but it also insists that the
> > bulk of them cannot be installed without an update-all.
> Does the command-line("pkg install <individual pkg>") work?
I just gave it a fresh attempt on a different machine.
1. If the package is already installed, but an earlier version, pkg
install <individual pkg> fails: No updates available for this image.
2. If I first try to remove just that one earlier package via pkg
uninstall <individual pkg>, it fails and gives me a list of packages
which depend on <individual pkg>.
3. I can solve that with a pkg uninstall -r <individual pkg>. ;-) I was
hoping that would make it possible to install the newer version(s). But
then when I re-attempt #1 (i.e. pkg install <individual pkg>), I'm told
that <individual pkg> "did not match any packages in the current
catalog. Try relaxing the pattern, refreshing and/or examining the
catalog." Refreshing doesn't help. Rebuilding the index doesn't help. I
still see <individual pkg> in packagemanager. *shrugs*
I'm sure I'm missing something really obvious, but I'd love someone to
tell me what it is and/or how to safely upgrade a current (dev) build of
OpenSolaris to GNOME 2.25/2.26 from spec files.
Thanks and take care.
--joanie
