On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:08 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Well, that's what I was ranting(*) about in the first place. How can I know >> what version to install? It's not very well documented. And if I have >> 2008.05 based on snv_86 then isn't [EMAIL PROTECTED] the version delivered >> with that from the beginning? Or are you reusing the version numbers after >> an upgrade? > > We're not reusing the version numbers per-se but rather we're changing > the timestamp which is the lowest part of the version number. This > allows us to publish a version of a package for an earlier build. In > the case of SUNWipkg, this is relatively simple to do. > > With respect to determining which version of SUNWipkg you have, usually > I would suggest running "pkg list SUNWipkg" and see whether the command > reports that an update is available - look for a 'u' character under > the UFIX field. Unfortunately, this command will report an update is > available even if the only update is one with a higher build number. > However, you can always just rerun > > $ pfexec pkg install SUNWipkg@<version> > > where <version> is the version printed by "pkg list SUNWipkg" and if > there is a newer timestamped version, it will update to that.
I just uttered the magic phrases : -bash-3.2# pkg version d974bb176266 -bash-3.2# pkg install -v [EMAIL PROTECTED]:20080620T101740Z Before evaluation: UNEVALUATED: +pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.91:20080620T101740Z After evaluation: pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.86:20080426T174940Z -> pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.91:20080620T101740Z None DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB) Completed 1/1 100/100 0.89/0.89 PHASE ACTIONS Removal Phase 2/2 Update Phase 92/92 Install Phase 11/11 -bash-3.2# pkg version 0ae5e72ba7ee so that seems to have worked out ... flawlessly too. glorious details at : http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/OpenSolaris/image-update.txt what next ? total image update ? woo hoo Dennis _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
