Kostas Oikonomou wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am running 2008.11, and I am considering upgrading to a later build, 
> say 110.
> The problem is that I also have a few non-IPS packages installed.  For 
> example, Qt 4 from SFE. This is an SVR4 package that installs into /usr.
> 
> If I upgrade to a later build using ''pkg image-update''
> 
> 1. Will the old (saved) boot environment contain my non-IPS packages, or 
> will they be lost?
They should be preserved, but if any of the IPS package will contain the 
same file as the SVR4 package it will be overridden by the IPS one.

> 2. Will the new boot environment contain them, or will I need to 
> re-install them?
It should contain, but as I said some files might be overridden.

best
Michal Pryc


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