Hi Kosta, There's really no danger in trying it anyway, as you will get a brand new BE which is a clone of your existing one. If you are highly paranoid or naturally cautious:-) you can create a new BE yourself, mount it and run pkg image-update on it.
Y. 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? > 2. Will the new boot environment contain them, or will I need to > re-install them? > > Thanks very much. > > Kostas > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
