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
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