ramanujan oops wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Danek Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:18:45PM +0530, ramanujan oops wrote: > > > > Right. Since /opt/SUNWtest was installed, it needs to be > removed, but the > > > output directory isn't known, and so we can't just remove it, > as it might > > > have important stuff. So we put it off into a "lost+found" > directory. > > > > So, what I get here is, it is the intended behavior of IPS. > Please confirm.. > > Well, partly. The fact that it gets confused by a directory already > being > there and then dumps a stack trace isn't intended. The fact that it > tries > to salvage the directory instead of removing it is. > > > Yes, indeed im using the original May release. I tried upgrading > my image > > through: > > > > pkg image-update > > > > But the image-update would hang and also the network interface > goes down! > > > > Then I tried upgrading by doing(hope these are the correct > packages to be > > installed) > > > > pkg install SUNWipkg > > pkg install SUNWpkgcmds > > > > Both these commands are hung in the "Creating Plan |" state for a > long time! > > > > Not sure if I'm missing something here.. > > You're missing the release notes: > > > http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200805/x86/ > > Be sure in particular to read the first section. What you tried would > toast your system due to bugs in the original release, so I guess you're > lucky that it hung. > > > I think I have gone unlucky here!! I went through the release notes and > tried doing what was said in the first section.. > > -bash-3.2# pkg install [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -bash-3.2# pkg install SUNWipkg ^^^^ This was the wrong command to enter as no version was specified. ... > ImportError: ld.so.1: python2.4: fatal: relocation error: file > /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1: symbol MD5Init: referenced symbol not found > -bash-3.2# beadm activate opensolaris_static:-:2008-11-19-11:43:09 > Segmentation Fault (core dumped) > -bash-3.2# zonename > Segmentation Fault (core dumped) > > > I'm stuck here, I'm unable to change the BE, I'm unable to > upgrade/uninstall any package (as pkg won't work). Should I roll back to > the live-cd version? Wondering if there is any other way out! > > Please let me know your inputs on this.. Unfortunately, you didn't follow the update instructions correctly, and due to a bug in older versions of pkg, your system has not been updated properly. You will likely need to go to a different BE, and try the instructions found here again: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200805/image-update/ Cheers, -- Shawn Walker _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
